Etymology

polywater

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Today it means: A supposed polymeric form of water reported to have been produced in fine capillaries; now known to be illusory. Full definition →

English water ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  7. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  8. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  9. Old Englishwæter
  10. Middle Englishwater
  11. Englishwater
  12. English todaypolywater

From poly- + water.

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