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gold's Latin passport name, still stamped on every periodic table on Earth.

means aurum is the Latin word for gold, and the source of its chemical symbol Au.

from from Latin aurum, possibly rooted in aurora (dawn) or an older word meaning shining, because gold looked like captured sunlight to people who had no better metaphor.

for instance

au on periodic tableelement 79, listed as aurum in every chemistry class

aurum vitaealchemical phrase meaning gold of life, chased for centuries

aurum potabilemedieval drinkable gold elixir, sold as a cure-all

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