Etymology

ferroelasticity

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Today it means: A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material Full definition →

English elasticity ← French élastique ← New Latin elasticu
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The story

  1. Old Latin*fersom
  2. Latinferrum
  3. Englishferro-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁elh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁l̥h₂-tós
  6. Ancient Greekἐλᾰστός (elăstós)
  7. New Latinelasticu
  8. Frenchélastique
  9. Englishelastic
  10. Englishelasticity
  11. English todayferroelasticity

From ferro- + elasticity.

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