English word plastic comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) πλάσσειν, Ancient Greek (to 1453) πλάσσω, and later Latin plasticus (Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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πλάσσειν | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
πλάσσω | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
πλαστικός | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
plasticus | Latin (lat) | Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping. |
plastic | English (en) | (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.. (colloquial, metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.. (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.. (slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.. A synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer.. Any similar synthetic material, not [...] |