Possibly derived from Persian بوره ( burah). ![]() Īrabic, Medieval Latin, Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Middle Englishįrom the Arabic بورق ( buraq), which refers to borax. The word is derived (via Latin: beryllus and French: béryl) from the Greek βήρυλλος ( bērullos), "a blue-green spar", from Prakrit वॆरुलिय ( veruliya), from Pāli वेलुरिय ( veḷuriya), भेलिरु ( veḷiru) or भिलर् ( viḷar): "to become pale", in reference to the pale semiprecious gemstone beryl. Βήρυλλος ( beryllos), denoting beryl, which contains beryllium. Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit via Greek, Latin, Old French, and Middle English ?City of Belur via Greek βήρυλλος ( beryllos) It was first identified by its characteristic emission lines in the Sun's spectrum.įrom Greek λίθος ( lithos) meaning "stone", because it was discovered from a mineral while other common alkali metals ( sodium and potassium) were discovered from plant tissue. Named after the Greek ἥλιος ( helios), meaning "the sun" or the mythological sun-god. List Etymology of the chemical element namesĭescription (symbol etymology, former names)įrom French hydrogène and Latin hydro- and -genes, derived from the Greek ὕδωρ γείνομαι ( hydor geinomai), meaning "Ι beget water". IUPAC has also provided a temporary name and symbol for unknown or recently synthesized elements. For example, beryllium is named after beryl.įor the last two decades, IUPAC has been the governing body for naming elements. Cerium, europium, helium, iridium, mercury, neptunium, niobium, palladium, plutonium, promethium, selenium, titanium, thorium, uranium and vanadium and all connected to mythological deities.Įlements may also have been named after minerals (in which they were discovered). Americium is indirectly connected to Amerigo Vespucci via America.Īlso, mythological entities have had a significant impact on the naming of elements, directly or indirectly. Berkelium and livermorium are named after cities of Berkeley, California and Livermore, California are the locations of the University of California Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, respectively. Elements named after four non-scientists in this table were actually named for a place or thing which in turn had been named for these people: Samarium was named for the mineral samarskite from which it was isolated. Seaborg and Yuri Oganessian were the only two who were alive at the time of being honored with having elements named after them, and Oganessian is the only one still living. Only gadolinium and samarium occur in nature the rest are synthetic. ![]() Fifteen elements were named after scientists four other have indirect connection to the names of non-scientists. Nineteen elements are connected with the names of twenty people (as curium honours both Marie and Pierre Curie). Main article: List of chemical elements named after people
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