A chemical compound formed when fluorine combines with another element, similar to how salt is formed from sodium and chlorine.
From Latin 'fluere' (to flow) combined with the chemical suffix '-ate', which designates compounds. The 'flu-' root refers to the flowing, liquid nature of fluorine.
Fluate is one of those words that seems made-up but isn't—chemists created it following a logical system where '-ate' compounds are so common that there are thousands of them. Fluorite, the mineral, was named because ancient Romans noticed it would glow and 'flow' when heated!
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