Mnementh on 08 May 2013
Lafiel said:
yea.. you know, I pointed that out myself in this very thread english terms usually are very close to the latin ones (gold, silver and iron for example being notable exceptions), so I'm still convinced people could have deduced it's nitrogen (the only of the 4 options that started with an N) just from knowing that the element has the letter N in the periodic table - I'm sure all of those who had to look up the term did know N was used for "stickstoff" |
Yes, I was answering as I read the text. You are right, I could have probably deduced that, but I wasn't thinking in this terms as I read the question, so I instead looked up the translation.
