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Where does “oxytetrafluoride” come from?

oxytetrafluoride (English) comes from English tetrafluoride, from English fluoride, from English fluorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

oxytetrafluoride (English): Any ternary compound containing one oxygen atom...

Definitions

  1. Any ternary compound containing one oxygen atom...

Ancestry of “oxytetrafluoride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtetrafluorideany chloride containing four fluorine atoms in...
2EnglishfluorideAny salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example,...
3EnglishfluorineThe chemical element with an atomic number of 9....
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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