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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

  1. Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example,...

Ancestry of “fluoride”, step by step

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-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “fluoride”

  • fluoridation
  • hexafluoride
  • trifluoride
  • difluoride
  • tetrafluoride
  • oxyfluoride
  • pentafluoride
  • monofluoride
  • fluorided
  • borofluoride
  • heptafluoride
  • antifluoridation
  • phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
  • antifluoride
  • oxytetrafluoride
  • antifluoridationist
  • fluoridize
  • fluoridosis
  • protofluoride
  • fluoridationist
  • fluoridise
  • oxofluoride
  • zircofluoride
  • stannofluoride
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