Where does “elastomer” come from?
Elastomer comes from French élastique and Ancient Greek ἐλατός, meaning "drivable" or "capable of being driven," combined with the suffix -mer denoting a polymer unit.
elastomer (English): any polymer having the elastic properties of...
Definitions
- any polymer having the elastic properties of...
Ancestry of “elastomer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elastic | Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of... |
| 2 | French | élastique | elastic; rubber band |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαστός | ductile, flexible |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐλατός | ductile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |