fluoroplastic

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English fluoroplastic From fluoro- + plastic.

  1. derived from plasticusder
  2. derived from -o-bor
  3. derived from *bʰlewH-der
  4. derived from *bʰel-der

Definitions

  1. Any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a…

    Any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon chain by atoms of fluorine

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fluoroplastic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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