[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hydrogen"

[Mark Mandel]

Etymonline (Douglas Harper*) dates its origin to 1787
(https://www.etymonline.com/word/hydrogen#etymonline_v_16108):

*hydrogen (n.)*
colorless, gaseous element, 1791, hydrogene, from French *hydrogène*
(Modern Latin *hydrogenium*), coined 1787 by G. de Morveau, Lavoisier,
Berthollet, and Fourcroy from Greek *hydr-*, stem of *hydor* "water" (from
suffixed form of PIE root **wed-* (1) "water; wet") + French *-gène*
"producing" (see *-gen*).

Etymonline does not give citations for individual sourced statements, but
has a long page listing all its sources:
https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/sources
* The foot of that page says
(c)2001-2022 Douglas Harper

Mark Mandel



On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 5:03 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> hydrogen (OED 1791)
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> 1790 _Times_ 17 June 3/4 (Newspapers.com)
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> Dr. Beddoes, Mr. Edwards, a Commoner of Pembroke College, and Mr. Sadler,
> the famous English aerostatist, sent up a balloon from Pembroke College
> garden, filled with hydrogen gas from marshes.
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> Fred Shapiro
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