Where does β€œperfluorononanoate” come from?

perfluorononanoate (English) comes from English perfluoro, from English fluoro, from English -o, from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏.

perfluorononanoate (English): Any perfluoro derivative of a nonanoate group or anion

Definitions

  1. Any perfluoro derivative of a nonanoate group or anion

Ancestry of β€œperfluorononanoate”, step by step

perfluorononanoate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English perfluoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperfluoroDescribing any compound or radical in which every...
2EnglishfluoroA fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour
3English-oA colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
4EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
5Middle EnglishOβ€”
6Old Englishoever, always
7LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
8EtruscanπŒβ€”
9Ancient GreekΞΏLower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ΞΎ and followed by Ο€
10Phoenician𐀏ayin; ʿayin
11Egyptian𓁹—

via English nonanoate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonanoateAny salt or ester of nonanoic acid
Every word from Egyptian 𓁹 β†’