Etymology

histofluorescence

Today it means: fluorescence by a cell or tissue when radiated, used to track the uptake of fluorescently-tagged compounds Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. Englishhisto-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  7. Latinfluō
  8. Latinfluor
  9. Englishfluor
  10. Englishfluorite
  11. Middle Low Germanspar
  12. Old Englishspærstān
  13. Middle Englishsparston
  14. Englishsparstonebf.
  15. Englishspar
  16. Englishfluorspar
  17. Englishfluorescence
  18. English todayhistofluorescence

From histo- + fluorescence.

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