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Where does “fluoroalkane” come from?

fluoroalkane (English) comes from English alkane, from German Alkan, from German alk-, from German Alkyl, from German Alkohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

fluoroalkane (English): Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms...

Definitions

  1. Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms...

Ancestry of “fluoroalkane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkaneAny acyclic saturated hydrocarbon
2GermanAlkanalkane
3Germanalk-—
4GermanAlkylalkyl
5GermanAlkoholalcohol, ethanol; alcohol, liquor
6Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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