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Where does “Plast” come from?

Plast (German) comes from German Plastik, from English plastic, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Plast (German): plastic

Definitions

  1. plastic

Ancestry of “Plast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPlastikplastic; sculpture
2EnglishplasticA synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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