polyfluoro

polyfluoro

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
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 polyfluoro

    From poly- + fluoro.

    Noun

    polyfluoro (uncountable)

    1. (chemistry, in combination) Many fluorine atoms in a molecule.

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    polyfluoro (not comparable)

    1. (chemistry) Containing many fluorine atoms.
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