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oxygen. French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier coined the word oxygene, which became our oxygen, in the late 18th century. At the time, the element was mistakenly thought to be a component of an acid and Lavoisier misnamed it, forming oxygen from Greek words meaning “acid producing.” His mi- snaming has endured for over two centuries, however, and oxy- gen will always go by the wrong name. |