Saturday, July 24, 2010

Does helium have a latin name?

If so, what is it. 10 points for the first one to answer!!!

Does helium have a latin name?
Helium was named for the Greek word for sun, since that is how it was discovered, and then it was given the traditional Latinized -ium ending already used for other scientific words. Helium was not discovered until the 1800s, long after the age of Latin had passed.
Reply:Hi. I think it was named for an element first found in the emission lines of the Sun's light, Helios.
Reply:Yep, it has been derived from Helios which means Sun...
Reply:helium in latin is helium.





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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/helium
Reply:Helium was not known when Latin was spoken. It was discovered in London and Sweden by Sir William Ramsay and independently by N. A. Langley and P. T. Cleve. Helios is the Greek word for sun and that's where the name came from.


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