Etymology

emulsion

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Today it means: A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible. Full definition →

French émulsion ← New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis ← Latin ēmulgeō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromēmulgeō“to milk out, extract”
  2. New Latin · derived fromēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis
  3. French · borrowed fromémulsion
  4. English todayemulsion

Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).

Words from the same roots

Latinēmulgeō all →

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