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Where does “superoleophobic” come from?

superoleophobic (English) comes from English oleophobic, from English phobic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

superoleophobic (English): Very oleophobic

Definitions

  1. Very oleophobic

Ancestry of “superoleophobic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisholeophobicTending to repel oil
2EnglishphobicRelating to a phobia; Experiencing or expressing...
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-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →