Etymology

superhydrophobicity

Today it means: The quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted. Full definition →

English hydro- ← 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. Englishhydro-
  8. English todaysuperhydrophobicity

From super- + hydro- + -phobic + -ity.

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