< Latin Uranus, planet of the solar system (and Greek god of the sky), because it was discovered shortly after the planet
Greek for 'light green'
< Greek χλωρός (chlōrós), 'light green', because of its colour [related: Chloe]
Latin for 'rainbow'
< Latin īris, 'rainbow', because of the many colours of its compounds [related: iris, iridescence]
Old Norse: Norse god of thunder
< Old Norse Thōrr, 'thunder' [related: Thursday]
Greek for 'heavy'
< Greek βαρύς (barýs), 'heavy', because of the weight of minerals containing it
Latin for 'flow'
< Latin fluor, 'flow', because it melts easily
Greek for 'to lurk, escape notice'
< Greek λανθάνειν, (lanthánein), 'to lurk, escape notice', because it was hidden in rare minerals
German: mythological goblin of the mines
< German Kobold, 'goblin', because of the problems it caused silver miners
Greek for 'violet'
< Greek ἰώδης (īṓdēs), 'violet', because it has a violet vapour
Greek for 'idle, inactive'
< Greek ἀργόν (argón), 'idle, inactive', because of its unreactiveness [related: ergonomic]
Greek words for 'water' and 'producing'
< Greek ὕδωρ (hýdōr), 'water' and Greek -γενής (-genēs), 'born', because it forms water when combusted
German for 'demon'
< German Kupfernickel, 'copper demon', because it looked like copper but yielded none
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