Etymology

transfluorescence

Today it means: Fluorescence of a material when the source of stimulating radiation is behind the object, from the point of view of the observer. Full definition →

English fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  12. Latinfluō
  13. Latinfluor
  14. Englishfluor
  15. Englishfluorite
  16. Middle Low Germanspar
  17. Old Englishspærstān
  18. Middle Englishsparston
  19. Englishsparstonebf.
  20. Englishspar
  21. Englishfluorspar
  22. Englishfluorescence
  23. English todaytransfluorescence

From trans- + fluorescence.

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