What is the latin or greek name for the following?

(good answer recieve's the best answer)


1)tungsten


2)mercury


3)gold


4)silver


5)tin


6)iron

What is the latin or greek name for the following?
tungsten - wolfram


mercury - mercurius


gold - aurum


silver - argentum


tin- in greek, also tin...in latin, plumbum candidum


iron -ferrum
Reply:iron is same
Reply:All of the answers given before me were correct with one major flaw: tungsten is known as Wolfram in GERMAN, not Latin. It is from this derivation that the symbol for tungsten is W. The Romans had no knowledge of Tungsten, and so would not have created a name for it.
Reply:Try this reference. Doesnt give silver or tungsten. Try google that is what I did for this table athough I knew gold tin and iron already.





Ooops someone already gave the answers. I am not sure that Wolfram is latin, I thought that came from german.





(added): And why isn't silver argyrum, because mercury is hydrargyrum which means liquid silver or quicksilver? (just curious).





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Reply:Tungsten - Was not identified as an element until 1783 - Romans did not know it, so no Latin word.





Mercury - Argentum Vivium. Hydrargyrum is Latinized Greek. The Romans used argentum vivium - living silver.





Gold - Aurum





Silver - Argentum





Tin - Stannum only in Late Latin. Generally called Plumbum Album (White Lead) or Plumbum Candidum (Bright Lead).





Iron - Ferrum.





Both tungsten and wolfram come from Swedish, not German - 'tung sten' and 'volf rahm'.
Reply:1)tungsten Latin: Wolframium


2)mercury Latin: hydrargyrus


3)gold Latin: Aurum


4)silver: latin: Kalium


5)tin latin: Stannum


6)ironLatin:Ferrum
Reply:I agree with soccergirl.
Reply:1. wolfram


2. hydrargyrum


3. aurum


4. argentum


5. stannum


6. ferrum