Meaning
Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
Etymology
Origin: Ancient Greek
From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles, including a pangram: