Hydrogen, H, #1: Latin hydro-genes, meaning I beget water.

Helium, He, #2. Named for sun god Helios, since first detected as an unknown line
spectra in sunlight during an 1868 solar eclipse.

Chlorine, Cl, #17: Greek for yellowish green after the color of the gas.

Argon, Ar, #18: Greek for slow, not to be confused with argos, swift.

Calcium, Ca, #20: Latin for lime, it being a general name for inorganic calcium
compounds.

Chromium, Cr, #24: From the Greek word of color, since many of its compounds have
bright pigmentation.

Cobalt, Co, #27: From German kobold meaning evil spirit. Named by miners, since
cobalt is poisonous and degrades other elements, they thought the evil kobold goblins
stole silver and replaced with cobalt.

Krypton, Kr, #36: Greek meaning hidden one because of its colorless, odorless,
tasteless, gaseous properties, like other noble gases. Not to be confused with Supermans
home planet.

Gold, Au, #47: Latin aurum, meaning shining dawn.

Antimony, Sb, #51: From Greek for opposed to solitude, since it was believed to never
exist in a pure form.

Cesium, Cs, #55: Latin for blue sky, since its identification was based on bright blue
lines in its atomic spectrum, and it was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis.

Tungsten, W, #74: Swedish tung-sten, meaning heavy stone.

Lead, Pb, #82: Symbol Pb from Latin plumbum, since used for pipes to transport water
in Rome.