"gasolene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gasolenes [plural]
Etymology: From Cazeline (possibly influenced by Gazeline, the name of an Irish copy), a brand of petroleum-derived lighting oil, from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell, and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ἔλαιον||oil, olive oil}} ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), {{m|grc|ἐλαία||olive}} ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gasolene (usually uncountable, plural gasolenes)
  1. Alternative spelling of gasoline Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: gasoline

Inflected forms

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