acid
→
oxygen
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | tʻtʻu (թթու) | |
| lexeme 2 | tʻtʻvacin (թթվածին) | |
| meaning 1 | acid | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | oxygen | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Motivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | kwas | |
| lexeme 2 | kwasoród | |
| meaning 1 | acid | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (obsolete) oxygen | |
| reference | WSJP English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Coined by Polish writer and scientist Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768 – 1838). |
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French oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier) was coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1778 under the mistaken assumption that it was a constituent of all acids. From Ancient Greek ὀξύς 'sharp, sour, acid' + γένος 'birth'