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Chemical Element: bismuth (German: Wismut [wise, “meadow”] plus [mut, “claim to a mine”]; changed to bismat; metal)
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Chemical Element: bohrium (Modern Latin: named for Niels Henrik Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist; radioactive metal)
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Chemical Element: boron (Arabic: boraq, and Persian, burah [borax]; BORax + carbON; nonmetal)
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Chemical Element: bromine (Greek: bromos, a stench; because of the odor [stench] from its vapors; liquid nonmetal)
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Chemical Element: cadmium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek and Latin, cadmia, earthy or earth; metal)
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Chemical Element: calcium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, calx, calcis, lime; metal)
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Chemical Element: californium (Modern Latin: chemical element; first made at the University of California and named for California and the University of California in Berkeley; radioactive metal)
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Chemical Element: cerium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for the asteroid Ceres which was discovered in 1803 and named for the Roman goddess Ceres; rare earth)
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Chemical Element: cesium, caesium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, caesius, bluish gray; sky blue; metal)
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Chemical Element: chlorine (Greek: chloros, grass-green; a reference to the color of the gas which tends to be greenish-yellow; gas)
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Chemical Element: chromium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek, chroma, color; because many of its compounds are colored; metal)
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Chemical Element: cobalt (German: Kobalt; also Kobolt, a goblin, evil spirit, or malicious sprite; metal)
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Chemical Element: copper (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, cuprum, referring to the island of Cyprus; metal)
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Chemical Element: curium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Pierre and Marie Curie; radioactive metal)
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Chemical Element: dubnium (Modern Latin: named after the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna, Russia; radioactive metal)
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Chemical Element: dysprosium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek, dysprositos, hard to get at; difficult to access; hard to obtain; rare earth)
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Chemical Element: einsteinium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Albert Einstein; radioactive metal)
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Chemical Element: erbium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Ytterby, a village in Sweden; where gadolite was found; rare earth)
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Chemical Element: europium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Europe; rare earth)
