Etymology

plasticware

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Today it means: Culinary or scientific equipment made of plastic. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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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-Germanic*warō
  8. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  9. Old Englishwaru
  10. Middle Englishware
  11. English todayplasticware

From plastic + -ware.

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