English
galvanism
Galvanism comes from French Galvani.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentGalvani
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgalvanisme
- Englishearliest quotation 1831galvanism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentGalvani
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgalvanisme
- Englishearliest quotation 1831galvanism
Earliest quotation: 1831, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Introduction: “Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvanism had given…”
Every English word from French Galvani
Today it means
noun The chemical generation of electricity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Galvani / galvanism