lyophilic

The story

1. Latin · derived from-icus
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromλύω“to loosen, to dissolve”
3. English todaylyophilic

US, c. 1908; compare earlier lyophilize (1894). lyo- (“solvent, dispersion”) + -philic (“having affinity for”), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + Latin -icus.

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