Etymology

colloidal

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English colloid ← French colloïde
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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. Englishcolloid
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. English todaycolloidal

From colloid + -al.

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