gas
Pronunciation: /ˈɡas/
“gas” is an Indonesian word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
- gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma
- accelerator (UK), gas pedal (US)
verb
- to hit the gas, to accelerate
Etymology
From Malay gas borrowing Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by a Dutch chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”). Doublet of kaos and keos. The "accelerator pedal" sense is probably semantic loan from American English gas pedal.
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