English
fluoro-
Fluoro- 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’
- Englishtodayfluoro-
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’
- Englishtodayfluoro-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
through Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’
influence, fluid, influx, fluent, flux, confluence, fluctuate, fluency, fluctuation, affluence, flume, fluvial, 29 more
Today it means
prefix containing fluorine
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fluō / fluoro-