Ancient Greek

πλᾰ́σσω

‘to form’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω.

15 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω, most familiar first.

• plaster ← plastrum ← emplastrum ← ἔμπλαστρος ← πλαστός
• plastid ← πλαστός
• plastron ← piastrone ← piastra ← impiastrare ← emplastrāre
• bioplastic ← bioplast ← πλᾰστός
• piastre ← piastra ← emplastrum ← ἔμπλαστρος ← πλαστός
• bioplast ← πλᾰστός
• emplaster ← emplastre ← emplastrum ← ἔμπλαστρος ← πλαστός
• emplastron ← ἔμπλαστρος ← πλαστός
• entoplastic ← πλαστός
• fibrinoplastin ← πλαστός
• gonioplasty ← πλᾰστός
• plastin ← πλαστός

More words from πλᾰ́σσω

• thyroplasty
• uvulopalatoplasty
• veloplasty

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω