Etymograph

English

fluoroanion

Fluoroanion comes from Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’, and ultimately from *h₁ey- ‘to go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimi‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όνĭón
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόνanĭón
  6. English1500–presentanion
  7. Englishtodayfluoroanion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimi‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όνĭón
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόνanĭón
  6. English1500–presentanion
  7. Englishtodayfluoroanion

A compound of fluoro- + anion

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Ancient Greek ἀνιών ‘(thing) going up’

English anion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

eid, itinerary, iter, 23 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

initial, initiative, transition, ambitious, ambition, ambient, initiate, eyre, initiation, sedition, ambiance, initiator, ambit, 18 more

through Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’

ion, isthmus, cation, 14 more

through English anion

anionic, 13 more

Today it means

noun An anion containing fluorine atoms

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / fluoroanion

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