Where does “flox” come from?

flox (English) comes from English fluorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

flox (English): To sandwich a DNA sequence between two...

Definitions

  1. To sandwich a DNA sequence between two...

Ancestry of “flox”, step by step

flox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fluorine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluorineThe chemical element with an atomic number of 9....
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English liquid oxygen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishliquid oxygenOxygen in liquid form; A solution of hydrogen...

Words derived from “flox”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →