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Where does “pseudoplasticity” come from?

pseudoplasticity (English) comes from English plasticity, from English -ity, from Middle English -ite, from Old French -ité, from Latin -itās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

pseudoplasticity (English): The quality of being pseudoplastic

Definitions

  1. The quality of being pseudoplastic

Ancestry of “pseudoplasticity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplasticityThe quality or state of being plastic; the...
2English-ityUsed to form a noun from an adjective;...
3Middle English-ite—
4Old French-ité-ity
5Latin-itās—
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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