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  • abbreviation Haggai

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  • noun chemistry Symbol for mercury.

Etymologies

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[From New Latin hydrargyrum, mercury, from Latin hydrargyrus, from Greek hudrarguros : hudr-, hudro-, hydro- + arguros, silver; see litharge.]

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From Latin hydrargyrus, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (hydor, "water") + άργυρος (argyros, "silver").

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