"compound of oxygen with another element," 1790, from French oxide (1787), coined by French chemists Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau and Antoine Lavoisier from ox(ygène) (see oxygen) + (ac)ide "acid" (see acid (n.)).
ox-gall
ox-herd
ox-hide
oxidant
oxidation
oxide
oxidize
oxidizer
Oxo
oxo-
Oxonian