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Where does “fluorocarburo” come from?

fluorocarburo (Italian) comes from Italian carburo, from Italian carburare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

fluorocarburo (Italian): fluorocarbon

Definitions

  1. fluorocarbon

Ancestry of “fluorocarburo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarburocarbide; first-person singular present indicative...
2ItaliancarburareTo carburize; To fire on all cylinders
3Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “fluorocarburo”

  • clorofluorocarburo
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