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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Englishphosphazene
- English todaypolyphosphazene
From poly- + phosphazene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
polyphosphazene
Today it means: an inorganic polymer in which the repeating group is a phosphazene; the general formula is [-N=P(X)₂-]ₙ Full definition →
English phosphazene ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús