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oxys
Greek · ancient
"sharp, acid"
sharp, acid, describing the taste of acids this element was thought to form
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oxygene
French · 1777
"acid-producer"
coined by Lavoisier from Greek oxys (sharp) and -gene (producer), believing the element was essential to all acids
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oxygen
English · 1790
"a colorless gas essential to combustion and respiration"
adopted from French for the newly identified gas essential to combustion and respiration
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