gasolene
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Cazeline (possibly influenced by Gazeline, the name of an Irish copy), a brand of petroleum-derived lighting oil,[1] from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell,[2] and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864.[3]
Noun[edit]
gasolene (usually uncountable, plural gasolenes)
- Alternative spelling of gasoline
- 1863, The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 09-12, p, 8:
- REFINED COLZA, GASOLENE, PETROLENE, and all Oils suitable for Paraffin and other Lamps.
- 1864 May 27, The Pittsburgh Commercial, page 1:
- Naphtha, of the kind usually known as gasolene, is taxed five per cent ad valorem
Usage notes[edit]
This spelling is used in Jamaica, but is antiquated in other places where English is spoken.
References[edit]
- ^ The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, volume 9, page 368, 1865
- ^ John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off, Faber & Faber, 2012 →ISBN.
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2016 September 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 July 2017