Etymology

plastify

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Today it means: To make or become plastic or malleable. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English plastic
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*θakos
  9. English todayplastify

From plastic + -ify.

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