![]() ![]() The adjective, "of or resembling copper," is from 1570s the verb, "to cover with copper" is from 1520s. ![]() Chemical symbol Cu is from cuprum.Īs "a copper coin," from 1580s as "a vessel made of copper," 1660s. In Latin, aes was the common word for "cash, coin, debt, wages" in many figurative expressions. ![]() Latin aes originally was "copper," but this was extended to its alloy with tin (see bronze), and as this was far more extensively used than pure copper, the word's primary sense shifted to the alloy and a new word evolved for "copper," from the Latin form of the name of the island of Cyprus, where copper was mined (the alchemists associated copper with Venus).Īes passed into Germanic (which originally did not distinguish copper from its alloys) and became English ore. A copper pendant dated to 8700 BC was found in Iraq. Mankind has used the metal since at least 9000 BC in the Middle East. According to Kaulins, the Latin Cuprum is not derived from Cyprus, but the other way round: the name Cyprus comes from the word for Copper. It has been mined for more than 5000 years. Grupo Cuprum, based in Monterrey, Mexico, is the largest aluminum extruder in Latin America with over 60 years of industry experience serving markets. Malleable metallic element, noted for its peculiar red color, tenacity, malleability, and electric conductivity, late Old English coper, from Proto-Germanic *kupar (source also of Middle Dutch koper, Old Norse koparr, Old High German kupfar), from Late Latin cuprum, contraction of Latin Cyprium (aes) "Cyprian (metal)," after Greek Kyprios "Cyprus" (see Cyprus).Īncient Greek had khalkos "ore, copper, bronze " an old IE word for "ore, copper, bronze" is retained in Sanskrit ayah, Latin aes. Symbol: Cu (from Latin: cuprum ) Atomic Weight: 63.546 Discovery: Copper has been known since prehistoric time. Copper gets its name from the Latin cuprum which in turn comes from the Greek aes cyprium, or metal of Cyprus. ![]()
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