Etymology

chemifluorescence

Today it means: fluorescence that results from a chemical reaction Full definition →

English fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Englishchemi-
  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. Englishfluorescence
  24. English todaychemifluorescence

From chemi- + fluorescence.

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