Fucine
/ˈfjuːsiːn/noun
An obsolete or variant spelling of fuchsine, a vivid red synthetic aniline dye.
Did you know?Fuchsine was named from German Fuchs, meaning “fox,” because the dye’s intense red-violet color was associated with a fox’s coat; the spelling Fucine is an English variant that drops the h.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*púk-s-o-
“A reconstructed word associated with the fox”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fuhsaz
“Fox”
Old English
Old English
fox
“Fox; the animal whose name became the standard English form”
16th Century
German
Fuchs
“Fox; also a German surname”
1859
French
fuchsine
“A newly developed red-violet aniline dye, named from German Fuchs, “fox””
19th Century
English
fucine
“Variant or abbreviated spelling of fuchsine”
Modern English
English
fucine
“An obsolete or rare term for the red synthetic dye fuchsine”