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Where does “oxofluoride” come from?

oxofluoride (English) comes from English fluoride, from English fluorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

oxofluoride (English): Any oxohalide in which the halide is fluoride

Definitions

  1. Any oxohalide in which the halide is fluoride

Ancestry of “oxofluoride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluorideAny salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example,...
2EnglishfluorineThe chemical element with an atomic number of 9....
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →