deplastify

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verb

To remove plastic from the environment

OriginEnglish plastify ← Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- →
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Meanings

verbdeplastify (third-person singular simple present deplastifies, present participle deplastifying, simple past and past participle deplastified)

present singular third person deplastifies · participle present deplastifying · participle past deplastified · past deplastified

  1. To remove plastic from the environment

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  8. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  9. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  10. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  11. Latinplasticus
  12. Englishplastic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*θakos
  15. Englishplastify
  16. Englishdeplastify

From de- + plastify.

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APA

deplastify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplastify

MLA

“deplastify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplastify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deplastify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplastify.

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