Etymology of the English word plasticizer
the English word
plasticizerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
plasticizeusing the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
derived from the English word
plasticderived from the Latin word
plasticus (plastic)
derived from the Greek word
plastikos, πλαστικός
derived from the Greek word
plastos, πλαστός (moulded; artificial or fictitious (false))
derived from the Greek word
plassein, πλάσσω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pelə-Usage
Word found in Modern English
