plasticate

plasticate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō
Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?
Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-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
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English plasticate

    From plastic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

    Verb

    plasticate (third-person singular simple present plasticates, present participle plasticating, simple past and past participle plasticated)

    1. To transform into a plastic material.

    Italian

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    plasticate

    1. inflection of plasticare:
      1. second-person plural present indicative
      2. second-person plural imperative

    Etymology 2

    Participle

    plasticate f pl

    1. feminine plural of plasticato

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