Etymology

autofluorescent

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence. Full definition →

English fluorescent ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  13. Latinfluō
  14. Latinfluor
  15. Englishfluor
  16. Englishfluorite
  17. Middle Low Germanspar
  18. Old Englishspærstān
  19. Middle Englishsparston
  20. Englishsparstonebf.
  21. Englishspar
  22. Englishfluorspar
  23. Englishfluorescencebf.
  24. Englishfluoresce
  25. Englishfluorescent
  26. English todayautofluorescent

From auto- + fluorescent.

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