köken: Borrowed from Russian водоро́д (vodoród), a calque of French hydrogène, itself derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + γεννάω (gennáō, “I bring forth”).
köken: Borrowed from French hydrogène. Coined by Lavoisier and his team, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) (from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”) (from γεννάω (gennáō, “to bring forth”)).