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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c.1846, from Gk. keros /κηρός "wax" + chemical suffix -ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil).
- WIKIPEDIA:
- Kerosene is a combustible
hydrocarbon
liquid. The name is derived from Greek
keros (κηρός wax).
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