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Periodic Table by Meaning
Can you name the elements from the periodic table given the translation of their root words?
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Meaning
Element
Root Words
A-S: 'Siolfur'
(symbol Ag, Latin: Argentum)
Gk: Daughter of Tantalus
Niobe
A-S: Holy metal
iren (symbol Fe, Latin: Ferrum)
Gk: Stench
bromos
Eng: Nicolaus Copernicus
Gk: Moon
selene
Gk: Stranger
xenos
Gk: Smell
osme
Ger: 'Zink'
L: Charcoal
carbo
Scott: Village of Strontian
L: Hess
hassias
Swed: Heavy stone
tung+sten (symbol W, German: Wolfram)
Gk: Lands north of Greece
Gk: Unstable
astatos
Gk: Hard to obtain
dysprositos
Gk: Sun
helios
Gk: Green twig
thallos
L: Messenger God
Mercury (symbol Hg, Latin: Hydragyrum)
A-S: Gold
(symbol Au, Latin: Aurum)
Ar: Gold colour
zargun
Eng: Glenn T. Seaborg
L: Scandinavia
scandia
Gk: River Rhine
Rhenus
Eng: America
America
L: 'calamine'
cadmia
Eng: City of Berkeley
L: Flint
silicis
Eng: Pierre and Marie Curie
Scand: God of War
Thor
Eng: Poland
L: France
Gallia
Gk: Inactive
argos
L: Lime(stone)
calx
L: Scandinavia
Thule
Gk: Bringer of light
phos+phoros
Gk: City of Paris
Lutetia
Eng: Enrico Fermi
Meaning
Element
Root Words
L: God of the Underworld
Pluto
Gk: New twin
neos+didymos
Gk: Green twin
prasios+didymos
Gk: Beryl
beryllos
Eng: State of California
Gk: District of Magnesia
Magnesia (Thessaly)
L: City of Copenhagen
Hafnia
Eng: Alfred Nobel
Gk: Goddess of wisdom
Pallas
Ger: Goblin/evil spirit
kobald
Gk: Rainbow
iris
L: To flow
fluere
Swed: Town of Ytterby
Gk: Acid forming
oxy+genes
Eng: Ernest O. Lawrence
L: Blue sky
caesius
Eng: Lord Rutherford
Gk: God of the Sky
Uranus
Gk: Not alone
anti+monos (symbol Sb, Latin: Stibium)
Gk: To lie hidden
lanthanein
Gk: New
neon
L: God of Agriculture
Ceres
Eng: Nuclear Institude at Dubna
Eng: Albert Einstein
Gk: Yellow orpiment
arsenikon
Ger: City of Darmstadt
L: 'Alumen'
Sp: Silver
platina
Russ: Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
Eng: Pot ashes
potash (symbol K, Latin: Kalium)
Scand: Goddess of beauty
Vanadis
Gk: Water forming
hydro+genes
A-S: Lead
(symbol Pb, Latin: Plumbum)
L: Ray
radius
Gk/Latin: Nitre forming
nitron+genes
Gk: Lead
molybdos
Eng: Niels Bohr
Gk: Artificial
technikos
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Element
Root Words
Eng: Johan Gadolin
Ar: 'Buraq'
Eng: Lise Meitner
Swed: Town of Ytterby
Gk: 'Titans'
Gk: Pale green
chloros
Gk: Violet
iodes
L: Dark red
rubidius
Gk: Titan who gave fire to mankind
Prometheus
Eng: Wilhelm Roentgen
Gk: Colour
chroma
Gk: Ray
aktinos
L: A blue Indian dye
indicum
Gk: Rose
rhodon
Gk: Heavy
barys
Skt: 'Sulvere'
Ger: Devil's copper
kupfernickel
A-S: 'Tin'
(symbol Sn, Latin: Stannum)
L: Russia
Ruthenia
Swed: Town of Ytterby
Eng: Dmitri Mendeleev
Eng: France
Gk: Father of Niobe
Tantalos
Gk: Stone
lithos
Ger: 'bisemutum'
Eng: Soda
soda (symbol Na, Latin: Natrium)
Gk: First ray
protos+aktinos
L: Earth
tellus
L: Magnet
magnes
L: Germany
Germania
L: Island of Cyprus
cuprum
Eng: Radium
Gk: Hidden
kryptos
L: God of the Ocean
Neptune
Gk: Sweden
Holmia
Swed: Village of Ytterby
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