tetrafluoroethylene

noun

a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)

Roots

tetratetra- · Greek · four fluerefluoro- · Latin · fluorine (from flowing)aithereth- · Greek · ether/two-carbon hyleyl- · Greek · chemical radical ene-ene · Greek · unsaturated hydrocarbon

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The word tetrafluoroethylene breaks down into 5 roots of Greek and Latin origin: tetra-, from Greek tetra (“four”); fluoro, from Latin fluere (“fluorine (from flowing)”); eth, from Greek aither (“ether/two-carbon”); yl, from Greek hyle (“chemical radical”); and -ene, from Greek ene (“unsaturated hydrocarbon”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.