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Where does “dioctylfluorene” come from?

dioctylfluorene (English) comes from English dioctyl, from English octyl, from English octane, from English oct, from Proto-Slavic ocьtъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄, from Latin acētum, from French -ate.

dioctylfluorene (English): A dioctyl derivative of fluorene

Definitions

  1. A dioctyl derivative of fluorene

Ancestry of “dioctylfluorene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdioctylTwo octyl groups in a molecule
2EnglishoctylAny of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon...
3EnglishoctaneAny of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic...
4EnglishoctAbbreviation of octal
5Proto-Slavicocьtъvinegar
6Gothic𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄vinegar
7Latinacētum—
8French-ate-ate
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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