English
fluorine
Fluorine comes from Latin fluor ‘flow’, and goes back to fluō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘to flow, stream, pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluor‘flow’
- Englishtodayfluorine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluō‘to flow, stream, pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfluor‘flow’
- Englishtodayfluorine
The story
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
influx, fluidity, confluent, 26 more
through Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’
influence, fluid, fluent, flux, confluence, fluctuate, fluency, fluctuation, affluence, flume, fluvial, 29 more
Today it means
noun The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / fluorine