Etymology

biohydrogen

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Today it means: hydrogen produced biologically (mostly by bacteria) as a biofuel Full definition →

English hydrogen ← French hydrogène ← Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  6. Frenchhydro-
  7. Frenchhydrogène
  8. Englishhydrogen
  9. English todaybiohydrogen

From bio- + hydrogen.

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