Elements Symbol
1. Helium He helios or sun
2. Neon Ne neos or new
3. Argon Ar argon or inactive
4. Xenon Xe xenos or stranger
5. Selenium Se selene or moon
6. Silicon Si silex or flint
7. Krypton Kr kryptos or hidden
8. Barium Ba barys, heavy or dense
9. Calcium Ca calx, or lime
10. Cobalt Co kobold or evil spirit
11. Molybdenum Mo molybdos or lead
12. Nickel Ni kupfernickel or false copper
13. Lanthanum La lanthanein, to lie hidden or to escape notice
14. Aluminum Al alumen or alum
15. Radon Rn from radium, heaviest of the noble gases
16. Osmium Os osme or odor
17. Lithium Li lithus or stone
18. Beryllium Be from mineral beryl
19. Radium Ra radius or ray
20. Manganese Mn magnes or magnets
21. Technetium Tc technetus or artificial
22. Zinc Zn From zin, German for tin
23. Paladium Pa After the asteroid Pallas
24. Cadmium Cd Kadmia or Earth
25. Osmium Os Osme or odor
26. Platinum Pt Platina or little silver
27. Gold Au From geolo or yellow, Au from Aurum
28. Thallium Tl From thallos or green shoot
29. Bismuth Bi From the German wissmuth or white mass
30. Bromine Br From bromos, meaning stench
31. Astatine At Astatos or unstable
32. Cerium Ce After the asteroid Ceres
33. Praseodymium Pr From prasios didymus or green twin
34. Neodymium Nd From neos didymus or new twin
35. Samarium Sm From the mineral samarskite named in honor of
Col. V.E Samarsky, a Russian mine official
36. Gadolinium Gd From gadolinite, a mineral named after s Finnish
chemist John Gadolin
37. Dysprosium Dy From dysprositos, a hard to get at its salt have
an extremely high magnetic susceptibility
38. Actinium Ac aktinos or ray
39. Protactinium Pa protos or first