← Back to context Comment by cpburns2009 11 hours ago I'm pretty sure petrol means gasoline not petroleum. 2 comments cpburns2009 Reply RobotToaster 10 hours ago Petrol is technically just short for petroleum, which is latin for "rock oil"Gasoline is from gas + plus the chemical suffix "ol" short for the latin "oleum", and "ine" meaning "made of". delecti 9 hours ago But the etymology of a word doesn't prove that someone is using that word wrong, or people on both sides of the pond would have to start baking our biscuits a second time.
RobotToaster 10 hours ago Petrol is technically just short for petroleum, which is latin for "rock oil"Gasoline is from gas + plus the chemical suffix "ol" short for the latin "oleum", and "ine" meaning "made of". delecti 9 hours ago But the etymology of a word doesn't prove that someone is using that word wrong, or people on both sides of the pond would have to start baking our biscuits a second time.
delecti 9 hours ago But the etymology of a word doesn't prove that someone is using that word wrong, or people on both sides of the pond would have to start baking our biscuits a second time.
Petrol is technically just short for petroleum, which is latin for "rock oil"
Gasoline is from gas + plus the chemical suffix "ol" short for the latin "oleum", and "ine" meaning "made of".
But the etymology of a word doesn't prove that someone is using that word wrong, or people on both sides of the pond would have to start baking our biscuits a second time.