Etymology

superfluorescent

Today it means: Relating to, or exhibiting superfluorescence Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  10. Latinfluō
  11. Latinfluor
  12. Englishfluor
  13. Englishfluorite
  14. Middle Low Germanspar
  15. Old Englishspærstān
  16. Middle Englishsparston
  17. Englishsparstonebf.
  18. Englishspar
  19. Englishfluorspar
  20. Englishfluorescencebf.
  21. Englishfluoresce
  22. Englishfluorescent
  23. English todaysuperfluorescent

From super- + fluorescent.

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