Etymology

monolayer

M3O1N1O1L1A1Y4E1R1

Today it means: A layer of material that is one molecule thick Full definition →

English layer ← Middle English leyen ← Old English leċġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  10. Old Englishleċġan
  11. Middle Englishleyen
  12. Englishlay
  13. Englishlayer
  14. English todaymonolayer

From mono- + layer.

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