English
acetylene
Acetylene comes from French acétylène.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentacétylène
- Englishearliest quotation 1908acetylene
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentacétylène
- Englishearliest quotation 1908acetylene
Earliest quotation: 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis: “Mrs. Winnie had kindly sent her limousine car for…”
Formed from acetyl + -ene
The story
Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl + -ene.
Every English word from French acétylène
Today it means
noun Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French acétylène / acetylene