Which of the following symbols of elements is not taken from Latin names?

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answer is D.

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Concept- A one- or two-letter expression for a chemical name serves as an element's chemical symbol. where the first letter is in capital letters and the second is in lowercase. These elemental symbols can also be used to refer to the alchemical elemental symbols. For instance, He for helium, Br for bromine, etc.
The Latin names for sodium and potassium are Natrium and Kaline, respectively. Copper is known as Cuprium in Latin. Zincum is the name of zinc in Latin.
Now, in accordance with the symbol's Latin name, these components should be,
K, the actual symbol for potassium, used to represent it.
Na, the actual symbol for sodium, is used to represent this element.
Cu, which is the real symbol for copper, is used to represent it.
And for zinc, it would be Zi, but Zn is the symbol for zinc, so this isn’t a Latin symbol.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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