Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-symbol-etymology/doc

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"Na": from New Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron'
"K": from New Latin kalium
"Fe": from Latin ferrum
"Cu": from Latin cuprum
"Ag": from Latin argentum
"Sn": from Latin stannum
"Sb": from Latin stibium 'stibnite'
"W": from Wolfram, originally from Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral wolframite[1]
"Au": from Latin aurum
"Pb": from Latin plumbum
"Hg": from its Latin name hydrargyrum, itself from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver'

References

  1. van der Krogt, Peter. "Wolframium Wolfram Tungsten". Elementymology& Elements Multidict. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-03-11.

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