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cellulose (n.)
1840, from French
cellulose
, coined c. 1835 by French chemist Anselme Payen (1795-1871) and confirmed 1839, from noun use of adjective
cellulose
"consisting of cells," 18c., from Latin
cellula
(see
cellulite
) +
-ose
(see
-ose
(2)).
