Etymograph

English

hexafluoroisopropanol

From hexa- + fluoro- + isopropanol.

A compound of hexa- + fluoro- + isopropanol

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun A fluorinated alcohol used as a solvent in polymer systems.

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

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