Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoPart of this complete breakfast!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWhenever abbreviations don’t make sense, you can safely assume it’s Latin.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoApparently tungsten is also known as Wolfram, so that’s the W. Sodium Na is from neo-latin.
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s Na from Natrium (I have no idea why you even call it Sodium in English)
Whenever abbreviations don’t make sense, you can safely assume it’s Latin.
What about tungsten or sodium?
Apparently tungsten is also known as Wolfram, so that’s the W. Sodium Na is from neo-latin.
It’s Na from Natrium (I have no idea why you even call it Sodium in English)