Elements with chemical symbols derived from languages other than English

Several elements have chemical that don't match their English names. For instance, hydrogen uses H while Copper uses Cu.

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Chemical symbol	Answer	English name	source language
Na	natrium	sodium	Latin
K	kalium	potassium	Latin
Fe	ferrum	iron	Latin
Cu	cuprum	copper	Latin
Ag	argentum	silver	Latin
Sn	stannum	tin	Latin

Chemical symbol	Answer	English name	source language
Sb	stibium	antimony	Latin
Au	aurum	gold	Latin
Hg	hydrargyrum	mercury	Greek
Pb	plumbum	lead	Latin
W	wolfram	tungsten	German