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Where does “fluoroplastic” come from?

fluoroplastic (English) comes from English plastic, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

fluoroplastic (English): Any plastic formally derived from another by...

Definitions

  1. Any plastic formally derived from another by...

Ancestry of “fluoroplastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplasticA synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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