lignite的词源

英文词源

lignite (n.)

"imperfectly formed coal," 1808, from French, from Latin lignum "wood" (see ligni-). Brown coal that still shows traces of the wood it once was. Probably directly from Lithanthrax Lignius, name given to woody coal by Swedish chemist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785) in 1775.

中文词源

lignite：褐煤

来自拉丁语lignum,柴火，木炭，来自PIE*leg,收集，拣拾，词源同collect.因褐煤形如不完全燃烧的木炭而得名。

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