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formaldehyde
[formaldehyde 词源字典]
formaldehyde:
see
ant
[formaldehyde etymology, formaldehyde origin, 英语词源]
formaldehyde (n.)
pungent gas formed by oxidation of methyl alcohol, 1869, a contraction of
formic aldehyde
; see
formic
+
aldehyde
. Discovered in 1863 by German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892).