Where does “FiO2” come from?

FiO2 (English) comes from English fraction, from Middle English fraccioun, from Occitan fraccion, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “FiO2”, step by step

FiO2 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English fraction

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfractionA part of a whole, especially a comparatively...
2Middle Englishfracciouna breaking
3Occitanfracciona part; fraction
4Latinfractiothe action of breaking; fraction
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English of

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofAPI; Expressing distance or motion; "Expressing...
2Middle Englishofof; off; until
3Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
4Old Englishæfof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Translingual O₂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualO₂—
2Translingualo—
3Etruscan𐌏—
4Ancient GreekοLower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π
5Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
6Egyptian𓁹—

Words derived from “FiO2”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →