perfluoro

perfluoro

See also: perfluoro-

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Italic *per
Latin perbor.
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-bor.
English per-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?
Latin fluō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin fluorbor.
English fluor
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English fluorite
Middle Low German sparder.
Old English spærstān
Middle English sparston
English sparstonebf.
English spar
blend
English fluorspar
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti
Proto-Italic *-ēskō
Latin -ēscō
Latin -escensder.
English -escence
English fluorescencebf.
English fluoresce
English -ent
English fluor(escent)
English -o
English fluoro
English perfluoro

    From per- + fluoro.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    perfluoro (not comparable)

    1. (chemistry, in combination) Describing any compound or radical in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine

    Derived terms

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