Word origin
[1955–60;
chlor(
oethyl) +
am(
inophen) +
bu(
tyric acid), components of the chemical name +
-cil of uncert. derivation
]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: geodesic dome, life-support, new wave, rite of passage, software