φθόριο
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from French phthore (an obsolete early synonym of fluor) derived drom Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “deterioration”) on account of the corrosive nature of hydrofluoric acid. Russian фтор (ftor) is also from the same root, in contrast to most European languages which use derivatives of fluor.
Noun edit
φθόριο • (fthório) n (usually uncountable, plural φθόρια)
Declension edit
declension of φθόριο
Coordinate terms edit
Further reading edit
- φθόριο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el