Where does “heteromonolayer” come from?

heteromonolayer (English) comes from English monolayer, from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.

heteromonolayer (English): A monolayer composed of two or more different substances

Definitions

  1. A monolayer composed of two or more different substances

Ancestry of “heteromonolayer”, step by step

heteromonolayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English monolayer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonolayerA layer of material that is one molecule thick; A...
2EnglishlayerA single thickness of some material covering a...
3EnglishlayTo place down in a position of rest, or in a...
4EnglishLeefor someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag)
5IrishLaoilay, song
6Middle Irishláed
7EnglishloidA lock-picking tool made from a piece of...
8EnglishcelluloidAny of a variety of thermoplastics created from...
9EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
10Frenchcellulosecellulose
11Frenchcellulecell; table cell
12Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
13Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
14Proto-Italic-olos
15Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
16Proto-Indo-European-e-lós

via English hetero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheteroHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a...
2EnglishheterosexualSexually attracted to members of the opposite...
3English-sexualForms a noun or adjective describing a state or...
4EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
5Latinsexuālissexual
6Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
7Proto-Italicseksus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós