Where does “fluoride” come from?
Fluoride comes from English fluorine, derived from Latin fluor, from Latin fluo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, meaning to swell or bloom.
fluoride (English): Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example,...
Definitions
- Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example,...
Ancestry of “fluoride”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluorine | The chemical element with an atomic number of 9.... |
| 2 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “fluoride”
- fluoridation
- hexafluoride
- trifluoride
- difluoride
- tetrafluoride
- silicofluoride
- fluoridate
- oxyfluoride
- pentafluoride
- monofluoride
- fluorided
- borofluoride
- heptafluoride
- antifluoridation
- phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
- antifluoride
- oxytetrafluoride
- zircofluoride
- fluoridosis
- oxofluoride
- organofluoride
- stannofluoride
- fluoridise
- protofluoride