Etymology

plastiskin

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Today it means: synthetic skin, especially that of an android. Full definition →

English skin ← Middle English skyn ← Proto-Germanic *skinþą
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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*(s)kenH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*skinþą
  9. Middle Englishskyn
  10. Englishskin
  11. English todayplastiskin

Blend of plastic + skin.

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