Etymology

perfluoropentacene

Today it means: The completely fluorinated derivative of pentacene; it is an organic semiconductor Full definition →

English pentacene ← French anthracène ← Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  12. Latinfluō
  13. Latinfluor
  14. Englishfluoro-
  15. Englishperfluoro-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  17. Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
  18. Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
  19. Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
  20. Englishpenta-
  21. Frenchanthracène
  22. Englishanthraceneclip.
  23. Englishacene
  24. Englishpentacene
  25. English todayperfluoropentacene

From perfluoro- + pentacene.

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