φθόριο
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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