Etymology

difluoro

D2I1F4L1U1O1R1O1

Today it means: Two fluorine atoms in a molecule Full definition →

English fluoro ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  10. Latinfluō
  11. Latinfluor
  12. Englishfluor
  13. Englishfluorite
  14. Middle Low Germanspar
  15. Old Englishspærstān
  16. Middle Englishsparston
  17. Englishsparstonebf.
  18. Englishspar
  19. Englishfluorspar
  20. Englishfluorescencebf.
  21. Englishfluoresce
  22. Englishfluor(escent)
  23. Latinō
  24. Old Frenchoh
  25. Middle Englisho
  26. EnglishO
  27. Middle Englisho
  28. Englishoh
  29. Englishfluoro
  30. English todaydifluoro

From di- + fluoro.

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