Where does “polyetylen” come from?

polyetylen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål etylen — ethylene, ethene.

polyetylen (Norwegian Bokmål): polyethylene, polythene

Definitions

  1. polyethylene, polythene

Ancestry of “polyetylen”, step by step

polyetylen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål etylen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåletylenethylene, ethene

via Norwegian Bokmål poly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpoly
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål etylen