Etymology:
The word "ethyl" comes from the Greek word "aithalē," which means "burning substance" or "soot."
Meaning:
Origin:
The word "ethyl" was first used in the early 19th century by Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius. Berzelius coined the term "ethyl" to refer to the hypothetical radical (a group of atoms that can behave like an element) that was present in ethanol.
The word "aithalē" was used by ancient Greek philosophers to describe the black, oily substance that formed on the wicks of oil lamps. The term was later adopted by alchemists and chemists to refer to substances that could easily catch fire.
When Berzelius named the ethyl radical, he chose the name based on the Greek word for "burning substance." He reasoned that the radical was the part of ethanol that was responsible for its flammability.
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