The word derives from the Arabic anbar \"عنبر\" - that which floats in the sea.
The classical names for amber, Latin electrum and Greek ἤλεκτρον \"ēlektron\", connected to the term ἠλέκτωρ \"ēlektōr\" - radiant sun.
According to myth, when Phaëton, the son of Helios (the sun) was killed, his mourning sisters became Poplars, and their tears \"elektron\", amber. The word \"elektron\" served as the basis for words like \"electric\", electricity... Since the Greeks realized the electrical properties of amber produced by rubbing it with other objects. (Static electricity).