organic

Term: organic

Origin: Anc Greek

οργανικός/organikos(=pertaining to an organ)

>όργανον/organon(=instrument, tool, organ )

Coined:

The term introduced in 1833 by Swedish chemist by Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 – 1848). He was the first person to make the distinction between organic compounds (those containing carbon), and inorganic compounds.

Definition:

1. Of, relating to living organisms.

2. (Chemistry) carbon compounds.