EPISODE · Nov 12, 2022 · 29 MIN
Latin on the Period Table - From Na to Hg to Ag and all other non-intuitive elements in-between!
from Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution · host Liam Connerly
Sodium = natrium, natri(n.) Potassium = kalium, kalii(n.) Iron = Ferrus, ferri(m.) gold = aurum, auri(n.) Tin = stannum, stanni(n.) Lead = plumbum, plumbi(n.) Silver = argentum, argenti(n.) HYDRARGYRUM = Mercury Copper = Cuprum, Cupri(n.) Hydrogen - contains the Greek word hydros (water) and genus, geni, which means “birth, origin, creation”. Hydrogen, therefore, literally means… “water-creator” “water-birther” “water-origin”
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Sodium = natrium, natri(n.) Potassium = kalium, kalii(n.) Iron = Ferrus, ferri(m.) gold = aurum, auri(n.) Tin = stannum, stanni(n.) Lead = plumbum, plumbi(n.) Silver = argentum, argenti(n.) HYDRARGYRUM = Mercury Copper = Cuprum, Cupri(n.) Hydrogen - contains the Greek word hydros (water) and genus, geni, which means “birth, origin, creation”. Hydrogen, therefore, literally means… “water-creator” “water-birther” “water-origin”
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Latin on the Period Table - From Na to Hg to Ag and all other non-intuitive elements in-between!
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