φθόριο

Greek

Etymology

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

φθόριο • (fthório) n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) fluorine

Declension

  φθόριο

case     \     number	singular
nominative	φθόριο •
genitive	φθορίου •
accusative	φθόριο •
vocative	φθόριο •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Further reading

• φθόριο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el