Etymograph

English

amorphicity

Amorphicity comes from Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφήmorphḗ‘shape, form’
  2. English1500–presentamorphic
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2016amorphicity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμορφήmorphḗ‘shape, form’
  2. English1500–presentamorphic
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2016amorphicity

Earliest quotation: 2016, Superconductivity in Bismuth. A New Look at an Old Problem: “Also, the manner in which these amorphous samples are…”

A compound of amorphic + -ity

Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’

English amorphic

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Today it means

noun The quality of being amorphic.

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