3.2 Symbols for the Elements
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Most names of elements
come from
Greek, Latin,
and German
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example: Gold was called
aurum
(Latin) meaning
the dawn
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Bromine comes from
brwmoV
, Greek for
stench
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Some named for
places
or people
(e.g.
plutonium for Pluto,
Einsteinium for Einstein)