Etymology

cytofluorescent

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

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  6. Latinfluō
  7. Latinfluor
  8. Englishfluor
  9. Englishfluorite
  10. Middle Low Germanspar
  11. Old Englishspærstān
  12. Middle Englishsparston
  13. Englishsparstonebf.
  14. Englishspar
  15. Englishfluorspar
  16. Englishfluorescencebf.
  17. Englishfluoresce
  18. Englishfluorescent
  19. English todaycytofluorescent

From cyto- + fluorescent.

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