Where does “difluorination” come from?

difluorination (English) comes from English fluorination, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

difluorination (English): Modification by the addition of two fluorine...

Definitions

  1. Modification by the addition of two fluorine...

Ancestry of “difluorination”, step by step

difluorination traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fluorination

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluorinationThe introduction of fluorine into a compound by...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ