Why is H2O called water and not dihydrogenoxide or something similar?

Answer 1

1. Because it was called water beofore anyone knew it's composition
2. Because there are common names for a lot of common chemical compounds
3. It is easier to use a common name for something as common as water.
I am going to have some calcium carbonate(I think that's the one) on my chips and a glass of dihydroxide. That sounds silly, doesn't it?

Answer 2

I am no scientist or nothing but I would guess it could be easier to remember H20 as water. Perhaps if it was called dihydrogenoxide ordinary people wouldn't know what that meant and may become confused or worried with that word. Some people panic when they encounter a large word that they see. And instead of them looking up the word to find it's meaning, they get scared and almost always think the worst. Hope I was of some help to you!

Answer 3

You see baby, where I am from there are many village people. These people are simple, but they are hardworking and nice. They do their work and cause no harm to the people of the next village. And they haven’t invented science neither. Now if someone goes in there and say, ‘hey listen up people! That thing there in the bucket, that you’re pullin out of that well there, it ain't water or something, the name really is dihydrogenoxide .. now did you hear? ... repeat after me di-hyde-ro-gen-Oxhide, right.

Now do you think baby that they deserve this?

Answer 4

Everyday items etc need everyday descriptions. Water has been caslled that for over 4000 years the word comes from Watter the Language of the hittite empire.

Answer 5

That's like asking why sodium chloride is called table salt. It just is.

Water has been called water for much longer than we have know it was "H2O."

Answer 6

We knew it as water far longer than the chemical name H20 and noone wanted to change it to dihydrogenoxide how do you expect a toddler to say that?

Answer 7

that's a good question. i think it is because it is so abundant and commonly used that we humans tend to prefer a vocab term instead of science term. some of my nerdy friends call it h2o instead of water, though ;)

Answer 8

H2O (water) is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen

Answer 9

H2O IS KNOWN AS WATER CAUSE THERE ARE TWO MOLECULES OF HYDROGEN AND ONE OF OXYGEN THUS
AS THE SYMBOL OF HYDROGEN IS H AND OFXYGEN IS O
IT IS KNOWN AS H2O COMBINED

Answer 10

It's simple, would a woman or a girl like to be called vertebrate-female-homosapiens ???
Would men like to be called vertedrate-male-homosapiens ???
Look, it's simple, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME, ENERGY AND PATIENCE IN PRONOUNCING LONG AND DIFFICULT WORDS INSTEAD OF USING SIMPLE ONES ???

Answer: - I THINK NOT !!!!!!!!