Can you name the chemical elements given the origins of their names?

created by Ignis_Umbrae
  • Enter an element in the box below
  • Correctly named elements will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Various (OED, etymonline, Chambers)
  • For those interested, the notes in square brackets provide extra words which are, at least in part, derived from the same source as the given element's name.
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Origin of nameElementFurther etymology
Latin for 'red'
Latin: seventh planet from the Sun
Latin for 'charcoal, coal'
Old Norse: Norse god of thunder
Latin for 'flow'
Greek for 'foreign, strange'
Greek words for 'water' and 'producing'
Latin for 'cock'
Spanish for 'silver'
Greek for 'stink, stench'
German for 'demon'
Greek for 'unstable'
Greek for 'new'
Swedish for 'heavy stone'
Greek for 'colour'
Origin of nameElementFurther etymology
Latin name for Copenhagen
Greek for 'light green'
Greek for 'idle, inactive'
Latin name for Poland
Greek for 'hidden, secret'
Greek for 'light-bringer'
Latin for 'rainbow'
Greek for 'violet'
Latin for 'limestone'
Greek for 'heavy'
Old Norse name for the goddess Freyja
Greek for 'to lurk, escape notice'
German: mythological goblin of the mines
Greek words for 'sharp, acid' and 'producing'
Greek for 'sun'
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Etymology of chemical elements Quiz

  1. by Ignis_Umbrae
  • Created Dec 4, 2010 in Language
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