Etymology

viscoelastic

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Today it means: Viscous and elastic. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique ← New Latin elasticu
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The story

  1. Englishvisco-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁elh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁l̥h₂-tós
  4. Ancient Greekἐλᾰστός (elăstós)
  5. New Latinelasticu
  6. Frenchélastique
  7. Englishelastic
  8. English todayviscoelastic

From visco- + elastic.

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