English

fluoroethane

From fluoro- + ethane.

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Ethy

English ethyl

Today it means

noun Any fluoro derivative of ethane, but especially 1-fluoroethane

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Etymograph / fluoroethane