The story
- Latin · derived fromacer“sharp”
- English todayacrylic
From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).
Words from the same roots
Latinacer all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
acrylic
Today it means: Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile. Full definition →
Latin acer