Where does “fluorometallate” come from?
fluorometallate (English) comes from English metallate, from English metal, from French métal, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal — to mine, quarry.
fluorometallate (English): Any metallate containing fluorine as a ligand
Definitions
- Any metallate containing fluorine as a ligand
Ancestry of “fluorometallate”, step by step
fluorometallate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metallate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metallate | Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated... |
| 2 | English | metal | "Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where... |
| 3 | French | métal | metal |
| 4 | German | metall | metal |
| 5 | Italian | metallo | metal |
| 6 | Spanish | metal | metal |
| 7 | Old Spanish | metal | metal |
| 8 | Old French | métal | metal material |
| 9 | Latin | metallum | metal; precious metals, especially gold or... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλον | A mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλευειν | to mine, quarry |
via English fluoro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluoro | A fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour |
| 2 | English | -o | A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can... |
| 3 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 4 | Middle English | O | — |
| 5 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 6 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |