List of chemical elements (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of chemical elements" in English language version.

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Konings, Rudy J. M.; Beneš, Ondrej. "The Thermodynamic Properties of the 𝑓-Elements and Their Compounds. I. The Lanthanide and Actinide Metals". Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. doi:10.1063/1.3474238.

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Borax, mineral (from Arabic: bawraq, Middle Persian: *bōrag)
Corrupted from magnesia negra; see magnesium
German Kobold, 'goblin'
English, from Latin cuprum, after Cyprus
Most likely German Zinke, 'prong, tooth', but some suggest Persian sang 'stone'
Middle English, from Middle French arsenic, from Greek arsenikón 'yellow arsenic' (influenced by arsenikós 'masculine, virile'), from a West Asian wanderword ultimately from Old Persian: *zarniya-ka, lit. 'golden'
Greek selḗnē 'moon'
Greek brômos 'stench'
Greek kryptós 'hidden'
Latin rubidus 'deep red'
Greek molýbdaina 'piece of lead', from mólybdos 'lead', due to confusion with lead ore galena (PbS)
Greek tekhnētós 'artificial'
Greek rhodóeis 'rose-colored', from rhódon 'rose'
Neo-Latin cadmia 'calamine', from King Cadmus, mythic founder of Thebes
Latin indicum 'indigo', the blue color named after India and observed in its spectral lines
Latin antimonium, of unclear origin: folk etymologies suggest Greek antí 'against' + mónos 'alone', or Old French anti-moine 'monk's bane', but could be from or related to Arabic ʾiṯmid 'antimony'
Latin tellus 'ground, earth'
French iode, from Greek ioeidḗs 'violet'
Greek xénon, neuter of xénos 'strange, foreign'
Latin caesius 'sky-blue'
Greek barýs 'heavy'
Greek lanthánein 'to lie hidden'
Greek prásios dídymos 'green twin'
Greek néos dídymos 'new twin'
Greek dysprósitos 'hard to get'
Neo-Latin Hafnia 'Copenhagen' (from Danish havn, harbor)
Swedish tung sten 'heavy stone'
Latin Rhenus 'Rhine'
Greek osmḗ 'smell'
Spanish platina 'little silver', from plata 'silver'
Greek thallós 'green shoot / twig'
German Wismut, via Latin and Arabic from Greek psimúthion 'white lead'
Latin Polonia 'Poland', home country of discoverer Marie Curie
Greek ástatos 'unstable'; it has no stable isotopes
Coined in French by discoverer Marie Curie, from Latin radius 'ray'
Greek aktís 'ray'
English prefix proto- (from Greek prôtos 'first, before') + actinium; protactinium decays into actinium.
Japanese Nihon 'Japan', where it was first synthesized in Riken