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why is hydrogen called as hydrogen

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Answered by abi2790
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French scientist Antoine Lavoisier later named the element hydrogen (1783).

The name comes from the Greek 'hydro' meaning water and 'genes'
meaning forming –
hydrogen is one of the two water forming elements.
Answered by Naidu31
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the word hydrogen forms from 2 words hydro-gen
hydro means water gen means generator combined this name hydrogen means the element which combines with oxygen to generate water
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