Etymology

elasticate

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Today it means: To add or wrap elastic around something. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique ← New Latin elasticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁elh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁l̥h₂-tós
  3. Ancient Greekἐλᾰστός (elăstós)
  4. New Latinelasticu
  5. Frenchélastique
  6. Englishelastic
  7. English todayelasticate

From elastic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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