Etymology

pyroplastic

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Today it means: Burned pieces of waste plastic that are present as a type of pollution in the environment. Full definition →

English plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  7. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  8. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  9. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  10. Latinplasticus
  11. Englishplastic
  12. English todaypyroplastic

From pyro- + plastic.

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