polyaddition

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Latin -dō

Latin addō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin additiōder.

Old French aditionder.

Middle English addicioun

English addition

English polyaddition

From poly- + addition.

Noun

polyaddition (plural polyadditions)

1. (chemistry) Any addition reaction that yields a polymer.

French

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Noun

polyaddition f (plural polyadditions)

1. polyaddition

Further reading

• “polyaddition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012