Etymograph

English

fluorobenzene

From fluoro- + benzene.

A compound of fluoro- + benzene

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

German Benzoe ‘benzoin’

German Benzin ‘gasoline’

English benzene

Today it means

noun Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C₆H₅F (phenyl fluoride)

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