The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλιγυρός“clear”
- German · borrowed fromLigroin
- English todayligroin
Attested since 1872, borrowed from German Ligroin, a trade mark of illuminating liquid hydrocarbon first attested in 1866 as Lygroin and Ligroine. Further origin uncertain, but possibly from Ancient Greek λιγυρός (ligurós, “clear”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.