conplastic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French con-bor.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-bor.

Middle English con-

English con-

Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō?

Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

?

Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der.

Latin plasticusder.

English plastic

English conplastic

From con- + plastic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

conplastic (not comparable)

1. (biology, of a strain) Produced by introducing the genetic material from one strain into the cytoplasm of another