Where does “parafilm” come from?
parafilm (English) comes from English paraffin, from Latin paraffinum, from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
parafilm (English): plastic film used to seal laboratory containers
Definitions
- plastic film used to seal laboratory containers
Ancestry of “parafilm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paraffin | A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel oil;... |
| 2 | Latin | paraffinum | paraffin, alkane |
| 3 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |