Etymology

superhydrophobic

Today it means: Very hydrophobic; used especially to describe materials having surfaces that are very difficult to wet, and have a water contact angle greater than 150° Full definition →

English hydrophobic ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishhydrophobic
  8. English todaysuperhydrophobic

From super- + hydrophobic.

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