Etymology

hyperautofluorescent

Today it means: More than normally autofluorescent Full definition →

English autofluorescent ← 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. Englishfluorescencebf.
  30. Englishfluoresce
  31. Englishfluorescent
  32. Englishautofluorescent
  33. English todayhyperautofluorescent

From hyper- + autofluorescent.

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