The story
- Ancient Greekκρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)
- Englishcryo-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescence
- English todaycryofluorescence
From cryo- + fluorescence.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.