Etymology

mesophase

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Today it means: Any of the phases of a liquid crystal. Full definition →

English phase ← New Latin phasis ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. New Latinphasis
  9. Englishphase
  10. English todaymesophase

From meso- + phase.

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