myEtymology.com: English etymology of dendrimer

Etymology of the English word dendrimer

the English word dendrimer

using the English prefix dendro-

derived from the New Latin prefix dendro-

derived from the Greek prefix dendro-

derived from the Greek word dendron, δένδρον (tree; a tree)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deru-

derived from the English word polymer

derived from the Greek word polumeres, πολυμερής

derived from the Greek word meros, μέρος (portion; thigh; a thigh; a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application))

using the Byzantine Greek prefix polu-, πολυ-

derived from the Greek word polus, πολύς (much, many; largely, mostly)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-

Word found in Modern English