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- German · calque ofPropan
- French · derived frompropionique
- English todaypropane
From clipping of propionic acid + -ane, from French propionique, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). Analyzable as prop- + -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.
Words from the same roots
Frenchpropionique all →
propylenepropionicprop-
First known use, by meaning
- from 1867 An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.