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Hydragyrum. (Hg) . It is from Latin and means 'Silver Water'.

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Mercury used to be called quicksilver, and also hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver, which is where it gets its chemical symbol Hg from.

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Hydrargyrum, hence it's symbol Hg.

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Answer: Hermes (Anc. Greek).

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Quicksilver.

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