English Explanatory Dictionary

perfluoro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. used to describe any compound or group in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine

Word forms

perfluoro-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English perfluoro- From per- + fluoro-.

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