Etymograph

English

electrodispersion

From electro- + dispersion.

A compound of electro- + dispersion

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

French electrum

French électro-

English electro-

Latin spargō ‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’

Latin dispergō ‘to scatter (about) or disperse’

Latin dispersiō ‘scattering, dispersion’

Old French dispersion

Middle English dispersioun

English dispersion

Today it means

noun a broadening of the peaks in electrophoresis due to differential conductivity

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