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Where does “bilayer” come from?

Bilayer comes from English layer, from Latin -arius meaning "one who does," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- meaning "to drive or impel."

bilayer (English): Any structure consisting of two layers of...

Definitions

  1. Any structure consisting of two layers of...

Ancestry of “bilayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlayerA single thickness of some material covering a...
2EnglishlayTo place down in a position of rest, or in a...
3EnglishLee—
4IrishLaoi—
5Middle Irishláed—
6EnglishloidA lock-picking tool made from a piece of...
7EnglishcelluloidAny of a variety of thermoplastics created from...
8EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
9Frenchcellulosecellulose
10Frenchcellulecell; table cell
11Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
12Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
13Proto-Italic-olos—
14Proto-Italic-elos—
15Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
16Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “bilayer”

  • transbilayer
  • bilayerlike
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