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Where does “nonfluorine” come from?

nonfluorine (English) comes from English fluorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

nonfluorine (English): Not of or pertaining to fluorine

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to fluorine

Ancestry of “nonfluorine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluorineThe chemical element with an atomic number of 9....
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →