Where does “hydrofluorocarbon” come from?
hydrofluorocarbon (English) comes from English fluorocarbon, from English carbon, from English budget, from Middle English bogett, from Old French bougette, from Old French bouge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bolgā.
hydrofluorocarbon (English): A haloalkane composed entirely of carbon,...
Definitions
- A haloalkane composed entirely of carbon,...
Ancestry of “hydrofluorocarbon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fluorocarbon | Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every... |
| 2 | English | carbon | The chemical element with an atomic number of 6.... |
| 3 | English | budget | The amount of money or resources earmarked for a... |
| 4 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 5 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 6 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 7 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 8 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |