English
iodine
Iodine comes from French iode.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentiode
- Englishtodayiodine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentiode
- Englishtodayiodine
The story
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.
Every English word from French iode
Today it means
noun A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French iode / iodine