luminophore etymology

English word luminophore comes from Latin lumine, English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.)

Detailed word origin of luminophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
lumine Latin (lat)
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
luminophore English (eng) (chemistry, physics) That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.

Words with the same origin as luminophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore