▲ 909 ▼ Part of this complete breakfast! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Fe Of course that's iron. What, is that a Latin root or something? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Yax@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup, ferrum is the Latin word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Good thing I speak French, it won't ever get me confused. In French, iron is called "fer". Also, copper is "cuivre", which also matches its periodic table symbol of Cu. Same can be said for lead: "plomb". Unfortunately, there's quite a few that also don't match the symbol, some aren't even in English. I always hated how nitrogen is called "azote" in French. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Azides are nitrogen compounds though, so still usefully to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm glad I know this now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago If they put "Fe" on it, too many people would boycott it for gendering the cereal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It’s latin for Female Iron. Remember everything was gendered in the world of Romantic Romans permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Yax@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup, ferrum is the Latin word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Good thing I speak French, it won't ever get me confused. In French, iron is called "fer". Also, copper is "cuivre", which also matches its periodic table symbol of Cu. Same can be said for lead: "plomb". Unfortunately, there's quite a few that also don't match the symbol, some aren't even in English. I always hated how nitrogen is called "azote" in French. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Azides are nitrogen compounds though, so still usefully to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm glad I know this now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Good thing I speak French, it won't ever get me confused. In French, iron is called "fer". Also, copper is "cuivre", which also matches its periodic table symbol of Cu. Same can be said for lead: "plomb". Unfortunately, there's quite a few that also don't match the symbol, some aren't even in English. I always hated how nitrogen is called "azote" in French. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Azides are nitrogen compounds though, so still usefully to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm glad I know this now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Azides are nitrogen compounds though, so still usefully to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm glad I know this now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm glad I know this now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago If they put "Fe" on it, too many people would boycott it for gendering the cereal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It’s latin for Female Iron. Remember everything was gendered in the world of Romantic Romans permalink fedilink source parent
