Alginic
/ælˈdʒɪnɪk/noun
Relating to algin or alginic acid, a substance derived from brown seaweed.
Did you know?Alginic was coined in modern scientific English from algin, the name for a seaweed-derived substance first isolated in the 1880s, so its history is industrial and chemical rather than occult.
Etymological Timeline
1880s
English
algin
“A substance extracted from brown seaweed”
Late 19th Century
English
alginic
“Relating to algin or alginic acid”
Modern English
English
alginic acid
“A polysaccharide acid obtained from brown algae and used in food and industry”
Latin
Latin
alga
“Seaweed”