Fuchsine
/ˈfjuːksiːn/noun
A brilliant magenta synthetic dye also known as magenta or rosaniline hydrochloride.
Did you know?Fuchsine was named after the fuchsia flower, whose genus honors 16th-century botanist Leonhart Fuchs; Fuchs is German for “fox.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*púwkso-
“Reconstructed word associated with the fox”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fuhsaz
“Fox”
Old High German
OHG
fuhs
“Fox; the source of the German surname Fuchs”
16th Century
German
Fuchs
“Surname of botanist Leonhart Fuchs, whose name was later given to the genus Fuchsia”
1753
Botanical Latin
Fuchsia
“Plant genus named in honor of Leonhart Fuchs”
1859
French
fuchsine
“Brilliant red-purple synthetic dye, named for its resemblance to fuchsia flowers”
Modern English
English
fuchsine
“A bright magenta synthetic dye”