Etymology

polyurea

P3O1L1Y4U1R1E1A1

Today it means: Any of a class of polymeric elastomers whose repeat unit is a substituted urea Full definition →

English urea ← French urée ← Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-
  6. Ancient Greekοὐρέω (ouréō)
  7. Ancient Greekοὖρον (oûron)
  8. Frenchurée
  9. Englishurea
  10. English todaypolyurea

From poly- + urea.

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