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Where does “polyfluoroolefin” come from?

polyfluoroolefin (English) comes from English olefin, from English olefiant, from French gaz oléfiant, from French -ole, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

polyfluoroolefin (English): Any of several polymers made from the...

Definitions

  1. Any of several polymers made from the...

Ancestry of “polyfluoroolefin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisholefinAny of a class of unsaturated open-chain...
2EnglisholefiantThat produces oil
3Frenchgaz oléfiant—
4French-oleadded to a noun to form a diminutive, or a...
5Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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