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
Ancestry of “polymethylmethacrylate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |