Etymology

polyaniline

P3O1L1Y4A1N1I1L1I1N1E1

Today it means: An electrically conducting polymer of aniline Full definition →

English aniline ← German Anilin ← Portuguese anil
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Sanskritनील॑ (nī́la)
  6. Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
  7. Arabicنِيل (nīl)
  8. Portugueseanil
  9. GermanAnilin
  10. Englishaniline
  11. English todaypolyaniline

From poly- + aniline.

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