Etymology

biofluoresce

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Today it means: To exhibit biofluorescence Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  8. Latinfluō
  9. Latinfluor
  10. Englishfluor
  11. Englishfluorite
  12. Middle Low Germanspar
  13. Old Englishspærstān
  14. Middle Englishsparston
  15. Englishsparstonebf.
  16. Englishspar
  17. Englishfluorspar
  18. Englishfluorescencebf.
  19. Englishfluoresce
  20. English todaybiofluoresce

From bio- + fluoresce.

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