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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

electric, electrical XVII. — modL. ēlectricus, f. L. ēlectrum — Gr. ḗlektron amber; see -IC, -ICAL.
Hence electrician XVIII, electricity XVII, electrify, electrification XVIII.

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