kerosene的词源

英文词源

kerosene (n.)

1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).

中文词源

kerosene：煤油，火油

由19世纪加拿大地质学家Abraham Gesner根据希腊语创造出来的一个词，来自希腊语keros,蜡，蜂蜡，词源同cere,ceraceous,cerumen.-ene,化学名词后缀。

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