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- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Englishplastify
- English todaydeplastify
From de- + plastify.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.