Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> How did the name 'hydrogen' originate?

Answer 1

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> In 1783, Antoine Lavoisier gave the element the name hydrogen from the Greek word meaning water creator when he reproduced Cavendish's finding that water is produced when hydrogen is burned.