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Where does “ポリウレタン線” come from?

ポリウレタン線 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ポリウレタン, from English polyurethane, from English poly-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.

ポリウレタン線 (Japanese): polyurethane-coated copper wire

Definitions

  1. polyurethane-coated copper wire

Ancestry of “ポリウレタン線”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseポリウレタンpolyurethane
2EnglishpolyurethaneAny of various polymeric resins containing...
3Englishpoly-many; polymer
4Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
5Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
6Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
7Proto-Hellenic*péryō—
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