- kerosene (n.)
[kerosene 词源字典]
- 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere) + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).[kerosene etymology, kerosene origin, 英语词源]