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Where does “electroceramic” come from?

electroceramic (English) comes from English ceramic, from French céramique, from Ancient Greek κεραμικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

electroceramic (English): Any of various ceramic materials that have useful...

Definitions

  1. Any of various ceramic materials that have useful...

Ancestry of “electroceramic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceramicMade of material produced by the high-temperature...
2Frenchcéramiqueceramic; ceramics
3Ancient Greekκεραμικόςof clay; potter's
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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