Etymology

multifluorescence

Today it means: multiple fluorescence (at different wavelengths) Full definition →

English fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  11. Latinfluō
  12. Latinfluor
  13. Englishfluor
  14. Englishfluorite
  15. Middle Low Germanspar
  16. Old Englishspærstān
  17. Middle Englishsparston
  18. Englishsparstonebf.
  19. Englishspar
  20. Englishfluorspar
  21. Englishfluorescence
  22. English todaymultifluorescence

From multi- + fluorescence.

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