Where does “flobafenă” come from?

flobafenă (Romanian) comes from English phlobaphene, from Ancient Greek φλόος, from Ancient Greek φλέω — I overflow, teem, abound, gush; I overflow with...

flobafenă (Romanian): phlobaphene

Definitions

  1. phlobaphene

Ancestry of “flobafenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphlobapheneAny of various reddish-brown phenolic substances...
2Ancient Greekφλόοςrind, bark, peel; skin
3Ancient GreekφλέωI overflow, teem, abound, gush; I overflow with...
Every word from Ancient Greek φλέωEvery word from Ancient Greek φλόοςEvery word from English phlobaphene