Can you name the elements from the periodic table given the translation of their root words?

created by Dorak
  • Enter an element in the box below
  • Correctly named elements will show up below
  • Click any empty Meaning or Element to answer for that location
  • Source: Web Elements
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MeaningElementRoot Words
Eng: Ernest O. Lawrence
Gk: Stranger
Ger: 'Zink'
Scand: God of War
L: God of the Underworld
Gk: New
L: Germany
Swed: Town of Ytterby
L: Charcoal
Gk: Violet
Eng: America
Eng: Johan Gadolin
Eng: Nuclear Institude at Dubna
Gk: God of the Sky
Eng: State of California
L: God of the Ocean
Eng: Lord Rutherford
L: Earth
L: Island of Cyprus
Swed: Heavy stone
Gk: Sun
Eng: Lise Meitner
Gk: Daughter of Tantalus
Gk: City of Paris
Skt: 'Sulvere'
Eng: Dmitri Mendeleev
Gk: Colour
Russ: Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Gk: Stench
Gk/Latin: Nitre forming
Eng: Enrico Fermi
A-S: Lead
L: Dark red
Gk: Rose
Eng: Radium
A-S: Holy metal
A-S: 'Tin'
Swed: Village of Ytterby
MeaningElementRoot Words
L: France
Ger: 'bisemutum'
Gk: Acid forming
Gk: New twin
Ger: City of Darmstadt
Gk: District of Magnesia
Gk: Yellow orpiment
Scott: Village of Strontian
L: Scandinavia
Gk: Moon
Swed: Town of Ytterby
Gk: Titan who gave fire to mankind
L: God of Agriculture
L: Magnet
Gk: Pale green
Gk: Green twin
Gk: Heavy
L: City of Copenhagen
L: Ray
Ar: Gold colour
Eng: Soda
Swed: Town of Ytterby
Scand: Goddess of beauty
Eng: Niels Bohr
Eng: Wilhelm Roentgen
L: To flow
L: 'Alumen'
Eng: Nicolaus Copernicus
Gk: Smell
Gk: Inactive
Gk: Artificial
Eng: Pot ashes
Gk: Beryl
Gk: Green twig
Eng: Glenn T. Seaborg
A-S: 'Siolfur'
Gk: Unstable
Gk: To lie hidden
MeaningElementRoot Words
Gk: Water forming
Gk: Father of Niobe
L: A blue Indian dye
Ger: Goblin/evil spirit
Gk: Sweden
Gk: Ray
Gk: Rainbow
Gk: Not alone
Gk: Stone
Ar: 'Buraq'
Eng: City of Berkeley
Gk: River Rhine
Ger: Devil's copper
Gk: Hidden
L: Flint
Gk: Hard to obtain
Eng: Albert Einstein
Gk: 'Titans'
Eng: Pierre and Marie Curie
Gk: Lands north of Greece
Gk: Bringer of light
Sp: Silver
L: Lime(stone)
Eng: Poland
L: 'calamine'
L: Russia
Gk: First ray
L: Hess
L: Messenger God
L: Scandinavia
Gk: Goddess of wisdom
Eng: Alfred Nobel
L: Blue sky
Gk: Lead
A-S: Gold
Eng: France
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Periodic Table by Meaning Quiz

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  • Created Nov 9, 2010 in Science
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