Question

why the symbol of few elements like sodium, do not start intial letter name
​

Answer 1

Answer:

Sodium, specifically, has the symbol Na from the Latin word “natrium” for “soda”. Sir Humphrey Davy discovered it in the early 1800s. He also discovered potassium, named K after “Kalium”, the medieval Latin word for “potash”, which in turn derives from the Arabic word “al-qali”, rendered in English as alkali, which got applied to all the Group I elements as they’re all chemically similar.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

because some symbols of some elements are derived from Latin. For examples,sodium is called as natrium in Latin.So it's symbol changes to Na.

Explanation: