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  The word oxygen is Greek in origin, composed of 'oxy-': sharp, acid â¦ (as in oxymoron, which literally means 'sharp-dull'), and '-gen': something that produces (as in pyrogen: that which makes fire, pathogen: that which makes disease, hydrogen: that which makes water).rom wikipedia: Its name derives from the Greek roots á½Î¾ÏÏ (oxys) (acid, literally sharp, referring to the sour taste of acids) and -Î³ÎµÎ½Î®Ï (-genÄs) (pro â¦ ducer, literally begetter), because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition.
Where did the name Manhattan originally come from? The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon).[12] A 1610 map dâ¦epicts the name as Manna-hata, twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River (later named the Hudson River).