Where does “fluorite” come from?
fluorite (English) comes from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
fluorite (English): A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid
Definitions
- A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid
Ancestry of “fluorite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 2 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 3 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “fluorite”
- fluorescence
- immunofluorescence
- autofluorescence
- epifluorescence
- fluorspar
- hyperfluorescence
- superfluorescence
- microimmunofluorescence
- microfluorescence
- chemifluorescence
- antifluorite
- hypofluorite
- Fluorit
- fluoritization
- yttrofluorite
- Fluoritkristall
- fluorescens
- transfluorescence
- biofluorescence
- fluorescence
- histofluorescence
- immunocytofluorescence
- bifluorescence
- cryofluorescence