Etymology

plasma

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Today it means: A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons. Full definition →

Late Latin plasma ← Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă) ← Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)
  5. Late Latinplasma
  6. English todayplasma

From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).

Words from the same roots

Late Latinplasma all →

plasm

Ancient Greekπλάσμα all →

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