cyanide的词源

英文词源

cyanide (n.)

a salt of hydrocyanic acid, 1826, coined from cyan-, comb. form for carbon and nitrogen compounds, from Greek kyanos "dark blue" (see cyan) + chemical ending -ide, on analogy of chloride. So called because it first had been obtained by heating the dye pigment powder known as Prussian blue (see Prussian).

中文词源

cyanide：氰化物

cyan, 缩写自cyanogen, 氰。-ide, 化学名词后缀，见oxide.

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