Etymology

inelastic

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Today it means: Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique ← New Latin elasticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁elh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁l̥h₂-tós
  9. Ancient Greekἐλᾰστός (elăstós)
  10. New Latinelasticu
  11. Frenchélastique
  12. Englishelastic
  13. English todayinelastic

From in- + elastic.

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