English
propylene
Propylene comes from French propionique ‘propionic’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpropionique‘propionic’
- Englishtodaypropylene
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpropionique‘propionic’
- Englishtodaypropylene
The story
Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene
Linked words
through French propionique ‘propionic’
Today it means
noun The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French propionique / propylene