Etymology

hyperautofluorescence

Today it means: Enhanced autofluorescence Full definition →

English autofluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  11. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  12. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  14. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  15. Englishauto-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  19. Latinfluō
  20. Latinfluor
  21. Englishfluor
  22. Englishfluorite
  23. Middle Low Germanspar
  24. Old Englishspærstān
  25. Middle Englishsparston
  26. Englishsparstonebf.
  27. Englishspar
  28. Englishfluorspar
  29. Englishfluorescence
  30. Englishautofluorescence
  31. English todayhyperautofluorescence

From hyper- + autofluorescence.

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