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Where does “fluoropyrimidine” come from?

fluoropyrimidine (English) comes from English fluoro-, from English ‐o‐, from Latin ‐o‐, from Ancient Greek -ό-.

fluoropyrimidine (English): Any of many fluorine substitution products of...

Definitions

  1. Any of many fluorine substitution products of...

Ancestry of “fluoropyrimidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfluoro-fluorine; fluorescent
2English‐o‐—
3Latin‐o‐—
4Ancient Greek-ό-—
Every word from Ancient Greek -ό- →