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Where does “polyacrylamide” come from?

Polyacrylamide is a compound formed from the prefix poly- combined with acrylamide, which derives from English amide, ultimately from Latin sal ammoniacus through Ancient Greek ἔλαιον meaning oil.

polyacrylamide (English): Any of a range of cross-linked polymers of...

Definitions

  1. Any of a range of cross-linked polymers of...

Ancestry of “polyacrylamide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacrylamideThe amide of acrylic acid, CH=CH.CONH; used in...
2EnglishacrylThe univalent radical derived from acrylic acid...
3EnglishacroleinA pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde,...
4Latinācer—
5Latinsaccharumsugar
6Ancient Greekσάκχαρsugar; sugar cane
7Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
8Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH—
9Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel
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