Etymology

plastically

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Today it means: In a plastic way; through moulding; flexibly. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English plastic
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayplastically

From plastic + -ally.

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