Etymology

fluorspar

F4L1U1O1R1S1P3A1R1

Today it means: Synonym of fluorite. Full definition →

English spar ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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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. Englishfluor
  7. Englishfluorite
  8. Middle Low Germanspar
  9. Old Englishspærstān
  10. Middle Englishsparston
  11. Englishsparstonebf.
  12. Englishspar
  13. English todayfluorspar

Blend of fluorite + spar (“mineral, crystal”).

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