Etymology

anelastic

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Today it means: Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique ← Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Frenchélastique
  8. Englishelastic
  9. English todayanelastic

From an- + elastic.

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