polyethylene

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō

Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)

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Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?

Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.

Latin aethērbor.

German Äther

German Ether

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

German -yl

German Ethylbor.

English ethyl

English eth-

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Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

French -ènebor.

English -ene

English -ylene

English ethylene

English polyethylene

From poly- + ethylene.

countable, uncountable A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc. For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of