Etymology

colloid

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Today it means: Glue-like; gelatinous. Full definition →

French colloïde ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκόλλᾰ (kóllă)
  2. Vulgar Latincolla
  3. Frenchcolle
  4. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  7. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  8. Frenchcolloïde
  9. English todaycolloid

From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόλλα all →

collagencollotypecolloblastcollocytecollophoredesmocollinglycocollosteocolla

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.