Where does “polymethylmethacrylate” come from?
polymethylmethacrylate (English) comes from English methacrylate, from English methacrylic, from English acrylic, from English acryl, from English acrolein, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
polymethylmethacrylate (English): polymethyl methyacrylate
Definitions
- polymethyl methyacrylate
Ancestry of “polymethylmethacrylate”, step by step
polymethylmethacrylate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English methacrylate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | methacrylate | Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially... |
| 2 | English | methacrylic | Of or pertaining to methacrylic acid or its... |
| 3 | English | acrylic | Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile;... |
| 4 | English | acryl | The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid... |
| 5 | English | acrolein | A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde,... |
| 6 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 7 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 9 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via English polymethyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | polymethyl | Any of various polymers whose respective monomer... |
| 2 | English | poly- | many; polymer |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |