"Each of the three compounds that can be formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms in ammonia with a methyl group or groups; especially CH3NH2 (monomethylamine), a colourless, flammable gas with a fishy or ammonia-like odour", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From French méthylamine from methyl + amine.[methylamine etymology, methylamine origin, 英语词源]