Where does “polyelectrolyte” come from?
Polyelectrolyte comes from English electro- (from Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek λύω meaning "to loosen," from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- with the same sense).
polyelectrolyte (English): A polymeric electrolyte
Ancestry of “polyelectrolyte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | poly- | many; polymer |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |