polyphosphoric

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English phosphor

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English phosphoric

English polyphosphoric

From poly- + phosphoric.

Adjective

polyphosphoric (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Used to describe polymeric phosphoric acids and their derivatives.

Derived terms

• polyphosphoric acid