Where does “nonfluorous” come from?
nonfluorous (English) comes from English fluorous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald — to grow, nourish.
nonfluorous (English): Not fluorous
Definitions
- Not fluorous
Ancestry of “nonfluorous”, step by step
nonfluorous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluorous | Containing fluorite; organofluorine |
| 2 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 3 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 4 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 5 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |