The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφλογιστόν
- New Latin · derived fromphlogiston
- English todayphlogiston
From New Latin phlogiston, coined by Georg Ernst Stahl in 1702, from Ancient Greek φλογιστόν (phlogistón), neuter of φλογιστός (phlogistós, “burnt up, inflammable”), from φλογίζω (phlogízō, “to set fire to”), from φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.