Etymograph

English

hydrofluoroalkane

Hydrofluoroalkane comes from German Alkan ‘alkane’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentAlkyl
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentAlkan‘alkane’
  4. English1500–presentalkane
  5. Englishtodayhydrofluoroalkane

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentAlkyl
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentAlkan‘alkane’
  4. English1500–presentalkane
  5. Englishtodayhydrofluoroalkane

A compound of hydro- + fluoro- + alkane

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Alkyl

German Alkan

English alkane

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swel-

swell, swollen, dimethyl, swole, swill, diethyl, 31 more

through Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

methyl, ethyl, phenyl, isopropyl, ethane, 20 more

Today it means

noun Any of various gaseous alkanes that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen and are used especially as aerosol propellants in metered-dose inhalers.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη / hydrofluoroalkane

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