Talk:Chalcogen
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what is the origin of the word Chalcogen?
Found it. "Ore former". Corrected the page and added the ref I used. --ES2
Hey guys: according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper#History chalkos means copper! (added by some one else)
- According to my very ancient dictionary of classical Greek Chalkos does mean copper. According to the source cited for this statement, the person who coined the term did intend it to mean 'ore former', but this seems to me to be a piece of bad etymology, probably by some one who did not know Greek. NB please sign your contributions on talk pages! See also my comment under Talk:copper Peterkingiron 22:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
