Sulfur has been known by many names: sufra (Arabic word for yellow), brimstone, shulbari (Sanskrit for ‘enemy of copper’) and sulfurium (Latin). It was recognized as an element by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1789. Name Origin: Sulfur was taken from the Latin spelling of sulfurium. More @Wikipedia
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