Where does “polyphthalate” come from?

polyphthalate (English) comes from English phthalate, from English naphthalic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

polyphthalate (English): Any polymer based of phthalate monomers

Definitions

  1. Any polymer based of phthalate monomers

Ancestry of “polyphthalate”, step by step

polyphthalate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phthalate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphthalateAny salt or ester of a phthalic acid
2EnglishnaphthalicOf, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English poly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpolyPolytechnic; Polyethylene; Polyurethane
2LatinpoliumAlternative form of polion
3LatinpolionA strong-smelling plant, perhaps Teucrium...
4Ancient Greekπόλιονfelty germander
5Ancient Greekπολιόςgrey, grizzled, grizzly; bright, clear, serene; a...
6Proto-Hellenicpoľľósgrey
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolH-yós
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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