Question: Where do the symbols of elements come from?
Answer: Latin alphabet
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qaPairs: question: Where do the symbols of elements generally come from?
answer: normally consist of one or two letters from the Latin alphabet and are written with the first letter capitalised
question: Where do the symbols of the earlier elements come from?
answer: classical Latin and Greek vocabulary
question: Where do the chinese symbols of elements come from?
answer: a dedicated character, usually created for the purpose
question: Where do the more recent symbols of synthetic elements come from?
answer: very few are named after their discoverers, and even fewer are named after living people
after people
question: Where do the symbols of elements come from, specifically many of the transuranic elements?
answer: recipients of the Nobel Prize