Etymograph

English

alabamine

From Alabama + -ine, after a discredited claim of discovery by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Formed from Alabama + -ine

French Alibamou

English Alabama

The story

From Alabama + -ine, after a discredited claim of discovery by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Today it means

noun Former name for the chemical element astatine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alabamine