English
oxide
Oxide comes from French oxyde, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱ-1‘sharp’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoxyde1as oxide
- Englishearliest quotation 1846oxide1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English oxide
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1846, unspecified, METALS: “Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱ-Wiktionary, English oxide‘sharp’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoxydeWiktionary, English oxideas oxide
- Englishearliest quotation 1846oxideWiktionary, English oxide. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1846, unspecified, METALS: “Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become…”
Equivalent to ox- + -ide
The story
Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
hear, edge, egg, ear, hammer, acid, eager, acute, axe, acne, vinegar, mediocre, acetate, mediocrity, paragon, acupuncture, acacia, exacerbate, acumen, acme, acuity, hark, acyl, rosacea, acrimony, acerbic, exacerbation, roselle, acrid, 72 more
Today it means
noun A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- / oxide