Etymology

fluorogold

F4L1U1O1R1O1G2O1L1D2

Today it means: hydroxystilbamidine Full definition →

English gold ← Middle English gold ← Old English gold
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m
  9. Proto-Germanic*gulþą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*golþ
  11. Old Englishgold
  12. Middle Englishgold
  13. Englishgold
  14. English todayfluorogold

From fluoro- + gold.

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