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Element Etymologies

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Words in parentheses are origins of the element's symbol
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Pluto
Plutonium
Glenn Seaborg
Seaborgium
lanthánein
Lanthanum
California
Californium
Germania
Germanium
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Thule
Thulium
rubidus
Rubidium
Prometheus
Promethium
zinke
Zinc
Hassia
Hassium
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Nihon
Nihonium
Ernest Lawrence
Lawrencium
Lise Meitner
Meitnerium
Flerov Laboratory of
Nuclear Reactons
Flervoium
Polonia
Polonium
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2 Comments
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Level 75
Dec 19, 2024
Accept radon as well as radium? Its etymology is more indirect but still from that root.
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Level 68
Dec 19, 2024
Done.