perfluoroalkoxy

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noun

A perfluoro derivative of an alkoxy radical

OriginEnglish alkoxy ← French oxygène ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) →
Scrabble 34
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Meanings

nounperfluoroalkoxy (uncountable)
  1. in compoundsuncountablechemistryA perfluoro derivative of an alkoxy radical

Origin

  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. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  17. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  18. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  19. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  20. Medieval Latinalcoho
  21. Middle Englishalcofol
  22. Englishalcohol
  23. Englishalk-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  25. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  26. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  28. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  29. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  30. Frenchoxygène
  31. Englishoxygen
  32. Englishalkoxy
  33. Englishperfluoroalkoxy

From perfluoro- + alkoxy.

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