An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or associated with electricity.

Etymology (EN): Term coined in by the English physicist William Gilbert (1540-1603) in treatise De Magnete (1600), from L. electrum “amber,” from Gk. elektron “amber.”

Etymology (PE): Barqi, adj. of barq, → electricity.