Etymology

plastiglass

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Today it means: A clear material combining the characteristics of plastic and glass. Full definition →

English glass ← Middle English glas ← Old English glæs
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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*glasą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*glas
  9. Old Englishglæs
  10. Middle Englishglas
  11. Englishglass
  12. English todayplastiglass

Blend of plastic + glass.

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