Where does “fluoborure” come from?

fluoborure (French) comes from French borure, from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق.

fluoborure (French): fluoboride, borofluoride

Definitions

  1. fluoboride, borofluoride

Ancestry of “fluoborure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchborureboride
2Frenchboreboron
3Frenchboraxborax
4EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
5Middle Englishboras
6Anglo-Normanboreis
7Medieval Latinbaurachborax
8Arabicبَوْرَق
9Persianبورهborax; sugar
10Middle Persianbwlk'
Every word from Middle Persian bwlk'Every word from Persian بورهEvery word from Arabic بَوْرَق
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