If so, what is it. 10 points for the first one to answer!!!
2006-10-13 04:37:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
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.
2006-10-14 05:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-10-13 11:44:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I think it was named for an element first found in the emission lines of the Sun's light, Helios.
2006-10-13 11:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
helium in latin is helium.
pl. visit:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/helium
2006-10-13 11:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, it has been derived from Helios which means Sun...
2006-10-13 11:50:11 · answer #5 · answered by Terminator 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋