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Where does “colloide” come from?

colloide (Italian) comes from Italian colla, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

colloide (Italian): colloid

Definitions

  1. colloid

Ancestry of “colloide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancollaglue or similar sticky material; size; A rope...
2Italianlàthere
3Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
4Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

Words derived from “colloide”

  • colloidale
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