Where does “polymérisme” come from?
polymérisme (French) comes from French polymère, from French poly-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
polymérisme (French): polymerism
Ancestry of “polymérisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | polymère | polymer |
| 2 | French | poly- | poly- |
| 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 | — |