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From Frenchfuchsine, of unknown origin. Possibly from fuchsia + -ine, because of its colour, or from GermanFuchs(“fox”) + -ine, because of the first manufacturer, Renard (renard means “fox” in French).
1894, Rufus Phillips Williams, “What Chemistry Is”, in Introduction to Chemical Science, Boston: Ginn & Company, page 4:
By other experiments a much finer subdivision can be made. A solution of .00000002g of the red coloring matter, fuchsine, in 1cc of alcohol gives a distinct color.
1961, Adnah Clifton Newell, William Holtrop, Coloring, Finishing and Painting Wood, C. A. Bennett, page 113:
Acid members of this class include acid violets, soluble and alkali blues, wool blues, Acid Magenta which is the same as Acid Fuchsine, acid greens, patent blues, ketone blues, Neptune Green, Erioglaucine, and others.
1962, William Montagna, “The Epidermis”, in The Structure and Function of Skin, 2nd edition, New York: Academic P, page 40:
When skin is stained with Altmann’s acid fuchsin methyl green the spiral filaments of the epidermis are stained only moderately, but typical mitochondria stain clearly.
References
^ “fuchsin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
