Etymology of the English word porosity
the English word
porosityderived from the Old French word
porositederived from the Medieval Latin word
porositasderived from the Medieval Latin word
porosus (porous)
derived from the Latin word
porus (passage)
derived from the Greek word
poros, πόρος, πῶρος (hole; passage)
derived from the Greek word
peireinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
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Word found in Modern English
