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Where does “micellar” come from?

Micellar comes from English micelle plus the suffix -arius, derived from Latin -alis and Latin -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European smeyg-.

micellar (English): Of or pertaining to micelles

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to micelles

Ancestry of “micellar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
2Middle English-ar—
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “micellar”

  • premicellar
  • nonmicellar
  • micellarization
  • nanomicellar
  • micellarized
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