Etymology

hydroentangle

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Today it means: To feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals. Full definition →

English entangle ← Middle English entanglen ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  6. Englishhydro-
  7. Middle Englishentanglen
  8. Englishentangle
  9. English todayhydroentangle

From hydro- + entangle.

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