Etymology

hypoautofluorescence

Today it means: A reduced amount of autofluorescence Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  9. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  10. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  11. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  13. Englishauto-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  17. Latinfluō
  18. Latinfluor
  19. Englishfluor
  20. Englishfluorite
  21. Middle Low Germanspar
  22. Old Englishspærstān
  23. Middle Englishsparston
  24. Englishsparstonebf.
  25. Englishspar
  26. Englishfluorspar
  27. Englishfluorescence
  28. Englishautofluorescence
  29. English todayhypoautofluorescence

From hypo- + autofluorescence.

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