Biology
- Praseodymium (pr)
Term: praseodymium (Pr)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to green twin ?Origin: ????????/prassios(=green)+???????/didimos(=twin)The element called praseodymium because it was isolated from material named ?didymium? and forms greenish-brown salts. Coined/History ...
- Antimony (sb)
Term: antimony (Sb) Literally meaning: ?not alone, against aloneness? Origin: Anc Greek????-/anti- (=prefix meaning opposed to, against, instead)?????/monos (=alone) Coined/History Plini the Elder referred to male had female...
- Molybdenium (mo)
Term: molybdenium (Mo)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to lead?Origin: Anc Greek????????/molybdos(=lead)Coined/History In 1778, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) claimed that molybdena (MoS2) was an ore of a distinct new element,...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Helium (he)
Term: heliumLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to sun?Origin: Anc Greek?ç???? (or according Homer ???????/yelios)/helios (=sun) of unknown etymology probably from ?ç///(certainly, indeed, always) and verb ????/elao(=move) >?????????/elefsomai(=go...
Biology
copper (Cu)
Term: copper (Cu)
Literally meaning: ?pertaining to Cyprus island ?
Origin
??????/Cypros(=Cyprus island) probably from the Greek word for cypress (cyparissos/??????????) or for henna plant (cypros/??????). The earliest attested reference was written in Linear B syllabic script (KU-PI-RI-JO/Cypriot). In Bronze Age the island was known as Alasia (or Alashiya). In ancient times the word was appeared in Homeric epic poes and later passed to Latin language as cypriumsynonymous to copper because the element was principally mined in Cyprus.
Coined/History
Copper as was easy to mine and extracted from its ores is known at least for 11,000 years.
Definition
Copper is a ductile chemical elements with atomic number 29 and atomic mass 63.546. It is used for electrical conductor, coins, jewelry, plumbing.
- Praseodymium (pr)
Term: praseodymium (Pr)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to green twin ?Origin: ????????/prassios(=green)+???????/didimos(=twin)The element called praseodymium because it was isolated from material named ?didymium? and forms greenish-brown salts. Coined/History ...
- Antimony (sb)
Term: antimony (Sb) Literally meaning: ?not alone, against aloneness? Origin: Anc Greek????-/anti- (=prefix meaning opposed to, against, instead)?????/monos (=alone) Coined/History Plini the Elder referred to male had female...
- Molybdenium (mo)
Term: molybdenium (Mo)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to lead?Origin: Anc Greek????????/molybdos(=lead)Coined/History In 1778, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) claimed that molybdena (MoS2) was an ore of a distinct new element,...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Helium (he)
Term: heliumLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to sun?Origin: Anc Greek?ç???? (or according Homer ???????/yelios)/helios (=sun) of unknown etymology probably from ?ç///(certainly, indeed, always) and verb ????/elao(=move) >?????????/elefsomai(=go...