Etymology

implosion

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Today it means: The inrush of air in forming a suction stop. Full definition →

English explosion ← French explosion ← Latin explosiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-h₂-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-d-
  17. Latinplaudō
  18. Latinexplōdō
  19. Latinexplosiō
  20. Latinexplosiōnem
  21. Frenchexplosion
  22. Englishexplosion
  23. English todayimplosion

From im- + explosion.

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