Etymograph

English

ampholyte

Blend of amphoteric + electrolyte, coined by Australian physiologist and biochemist Thorburn Brailsford Robertson in 1906.

A blend of amphoteric + electrolyte

Ancient Greek ἄμφω ‘both’

Ancient Greek ἀμφότερος ‘each of two’

English amphoteric

The story

Blend of amphoteric + electrolyte, coined by Australian physiologist and biochemist Thorburn Brailsford Robertson in 1906.

Today it means

noun An amphoteric electrolyte

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

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