Etymology

coimmunofluorescent

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English immunofluorescent ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  10. Proto-Italic*moinos
  11. Latinmūnus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*né
  13. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  14. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Latinin- -is
  17. Latinimmūnis
  18. Middle Frenchimmun
  19. Englishimmune
  20. Englishimmuno-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  24. Latinfluō
  25. Latinfluor
  26. Englishfluor
  27. Englishfluorite
  28. Middle Low Germanspar
  29. Old Englishspærstān
  30. Middle Englishsparston
  31. Englishsparstonebf.
  32. Englishspar
  33. Englishfluorspar
  34. Englishfluorescencebf.
  35. Englishfluoresce
  36. Englishfluorescent
  37. Englishimmunofluorescent
  38. English todaycoimmunofluorescent

From co- + immunofluorescent.

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