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English

fluoroiodomethane

From fluoro- + iodo- + methane.

Formed from fluoro- + iodo- + methane

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Proto-Hellenic *wion

Ancient Greek ἴον ‘violet, namely sweet violet’

Ancient Greek ἰοειδής ‘violet’

English iodo-

Today it means

noun A halomethane containing both fluorine and iodine, which has the chemical formula CH₂FI

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

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