חמצן

Hebrew

Chemical element
O
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Etymology

Root
ח־מ־ץ (ḥ-m-ṣ)

From ח־מ־ץ (kh-m-ts, “forming words relating to souring”) +‎ ־ן (-n), ultimately calque of French oxygène, a modern coinage from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ γένος (génos, “birth”).

Noun

חַמְצָן • (khamtzán) m

1. oxygen (the chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994)

Derived terms

• מֵי חַמְצָן (mei khamtzán)