Etymology

multifluorescent

Today it means: fluorescent at multiple frequencies Full definition →

English fluorescent ← 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. Englishfluorescencebf.
  22. Englishfluoresce
  23. Englishfluorescent
  24. English todaymultifluorescent

From multi- + fluorescent.

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