Etymograph

English

fluoroalkyl

From fluoro- + alkyl.

A compound of fluoro- + alkyl

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun An alkyl group in which one or more hydrogens have been substituted for fluorine.

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Etymograph / fluoroalkyl