חמצן

Hebrew
Chemical element
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Etymology
Root
ח־מ־ץ‎

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 • (khamtsán) m

  1. oxygen
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