Where does “fluorosulfite” come from?

fluorosulfite (English) comes from English sulfite, 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 — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

fluorosulfite (English): The anion SOF or any salt containing this anion

Definitions

  1. The anion SOF or any salt containing this anion

Ancestry of “fluorosulfite”, step by step

fluorosulfite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sulfite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsulfiteAny salt of sulfurous acid
2English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
4Latin-īta
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English fluoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluoroA fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour
2English-oA colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
3EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
4Middle EnglishO
5Old Englishoever, always
6LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
7Etruscan𐌏
8Ancient GreekοLower-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
9Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
10Egyptian𓁹
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from English -iteEvery word from Ancient Greek -της