Etymology

asbestosize

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Today it means: To introduce the use of asbestos to. Full definition →

English asbestos ← Classical Latin asbesto ← Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)gʷes-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekσβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi)
  7. Ancient Greekσβεστός (sbestós)
  8. Ancient Greekἄσβεστος (ásbestos)
  9. Classical Latinasbesto
  10. Englishasbestos
  11. English todayasbestosize

From asbestos + -ize.

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