The story
- French · derived fromoxygène
- Dutch · derived fromzuurstof“oxygen”
- German · calque ofSauerstoff“oxygen”
- English todaysourstuff
From sour + stuff. Calque of German Sauerstoff (“oxygen”) and/or Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), both loose loan translations of French oxygène. See oxygen for more.
Words from the same roots
Frenchoxygène all →
oxygenoxy-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.