Polymer etymology

English

English word polymer comes from English poly- (Many. Polymer.), English -mer

Etymology of polymer

Detailed word origin of polymer

Dictionary entry Language Definition
poly- English (en) Many. Polymer.
-mer English (en) (chemistry) Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).
polymer English (en) (organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.. A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Words with the same origin as polymer

Descendants of poly-

polyester polygraph