polyunsaturation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Late Latin saturatiobor.

English saturation

English unsaturation

English polyunsaturation

From poly- + unsaturation.

Noun

polyunsaturation (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The state of being polyunsaturated, or the degree to which something is polyunsaturated.