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v t e Etymology of non-trivial chemical symbols
Symbol	Name	Z	Etymology	Name etymology
Na	sodium	11	"Na": from New Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron'	§ Na
K	potassium	19	"K": from New Latin kalium	§ K
Fe	iron	26	"Fe": from Latin ferrum	§ Fe
Cu	copper	29	"Cu": from Latin cuprum	§ Cu
Ag	silver	47	"Ag": from Latin argentum	§ Ag
Sn	tin	50	"Sn": from Latin stannum	§ Sn
Sb	antimony	51	"Sb": from Latin stibium 'stibnite'	§ Sb
W	tungsten	74	"W": from Wolfram, originally from Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral wolframite^[1]	§ W
Au	gold	79	"Au": from Latin aurum	§ Au
Hg	mercury	80	"Hg": from its Latin name hydrargyrum, itself from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver'	§ Hg
Pb	lead	82	"Pb": from Latin plumbum	§ Pb

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11 non-trivial symbols: those not from the English element name, like "Hg"

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v t e Etymology of non-trivial chemical symbols
Symbol	Name	Z	Etymology	Name etymology
Na	sodium	11	"Na": from New Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron'	§ Na
K	potassium	19	"K": from New Latin kalium	§ K
Fe	iron	26	"Fe": from Latin ferrum	§ Fe
Cu	copper	29	"Cu": from Latin cuprum	§ Cu
Ag	silver	47	"Ag": from Latin argentum	§ Ag
Sn	tin	50	"Sn": from Latin stannum	§ Sn
Sb	antimony	51	"Sb": from Latin stibium 'stibnite'	§ Sb
W	tungsten	74	"W": from Wolfram, originally from Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral wolframite^[1]	§ W
Au	gold	79	"Au": from Latin aurum	§ Au
Hg	mercury	80	"Hg": from its Latin name hydrargyrum, itself from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver'	§ Hg
Pb	lead	82	"Pb": from Latin plumbum	§ Pb

v t e Chemical element data sets
ID	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-name}} (overview IDs) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-Z}} {{Infobox element/Z-to-symbol}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-QID}} {{Infobox element/QID-to-symbol}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-symbol}} (symbol self-check, formatting)
Periodic table	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-group}} 1–18 (overview properties) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-period}} ①–⑦ {{Infobox element/symbol-to-block}} s-p-d-f-g {{Infobox element/symbol-to-symbol-NESW}} (neighbours in the PT)
Properties (overview)	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-metal-moid-nonmetal}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-occurrence}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-phase}} (state of matter) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-allotropes}} IB (with overview) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-electron-configuration}} (Overview) [WD: (P8000)] {{Infobox element/symbol-to-term-symbol}} · (Overview; as used) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state}} [WD: (P1121)] {{Infobox element/symbol-to-valence-group}}
Isotopes	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-saw}} standard atomic weight (overview; s.a.w. comparing enwiki-wikidata) [WD: (P2067)] {{Infobox element/symbol-to-saw/year-changed}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-most-stable-isotope}} (when not stable only) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-massnumber}} (isotope)
Etymology	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-symbol-etymology}} (11x, non-trivial, overview)
enwiki	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-pagename}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-shyphen-name}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation}} · (overview) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-article-quality}} (not in mainspace) {{Infobox element/symbol-from-pagename}} * {{Infobox element/symbol-to-odd-even}} (Z; to alternate table background)
Images	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-top-image}}, {{caption}}, {{alt text}} · (overview) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-spectral-lines-image}} · (overview mainspace) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-zh}} · {{ID overview}} [WD: (P487)] not in mainspace {{Infobox element/symbol-to-pymol-color}} · {{PyMOL color}} (not in mainspace)
nav	{{Infobox element/symbol-to--navbox}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to--overview1}}
Overviews	{{IDs}} · {{Pronunciation}} [WD: (P487)] {{Properties}} {{Infobox formatting}} (group, period, block) {{Top images}} · {{Spectral lines images}} {{elconfig}} [WD: (P8000)] {{s.a.w. overview}} · {{s.a.w. compare enwiki–wikidata}} {{Oxidation state}} · (also: {{List of oxidation states of the elements}}, {{compare: /datacheck}})
Developing	{{Infobox element/symbol-to-simple-substance}} · (overview) (allotropes, dimolecules) {{Infobox element/symbol-to-WD-isotopes-of}} (overview) {{Infobox element/symbol-to--(blank)}} {{Infobox element/symbol-to--(118rows)}} {{Infobox element/name-to-symbol}} (inverse)
Deprecated	~~{{List of chemical element name etymologies}}~~ (deprecated, March 2022) ~~{{Infobox element/symbol-to-category}}~~ (deprecated, June 2021; block colors or none (b/w) are used)
Data hardcoded (not using these datalists)	{{element cell}} etc., in articles: element cell articles, cell-linked, cell-large, cell-property data: {{List of oxidation states}} articles: {{List of elements}} infobox references: List of References (like m.p., b.p.)
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