Etymology

fluorobenzene

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Today it means: Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C₆H₅F (phenyl fluoride) Full definition →

English benzene ← German Benzin ← Latin fluor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  4. Latinfluō
  5. Latinfluor
  6. Englishfluoro-
  7. GermanBenzoe
  8. GermanBenzin
  9. Englishbenzine
  10. Englishbenzene
  11. English todayfluorobenzene

From fluoro- + benzene.

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