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Where does “colloidale” come from?

colloidale (Italian) comes from Italian colloide, from Italian colla, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a.

colloidale (Italian): colloidal

Definitions

  1. colloidal

Ancestry of “colloidale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolloidecolloid
2Italiancollaglue or similar sticky material; size; A rope...
3Italianlàthere
4Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
5Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
6GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
7Germana-MollA-minor
8Hungarianathe; this; that
9Frenchàto; on the, to; at
10Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
11Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
12LatinA—
13Etruscan𐌀—
14Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
15Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
16Egyptian𓃾—
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