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Element Etymologies

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Words in parentheses are origins of the element's symbol
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cuprum
Copper
Niels Bohr
Bohrium
Enrico Fermi
Fermium
prásios dídymos
Praseodymium
osmḗ
Osmium
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Polonia
Polonium
tung sten (wolfram)
Tungsten
iode
Iodine
Alfred Nobel
Nobelium
Moscow
Moscovium
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borax
Boron
zinke
Zinc
Dmitri Mendeleev
Mendelevium
thallós
Thallium
France
Francium
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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 67
Dec 19, 2024
Done.