English
emplastron
Emplastron comes from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρος ‘daub, salve’, from πλαστός ‘formed’, and ultimately from πλᾰ́σσω ‘to form’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σσω‘to form’earlier origin unknown
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλαστός‘formed’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔμπλαστροςémplastronas ἔμπλαστρον‘daub, salve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1851emplastron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σσω‘to form’earlier origin unknown
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλαστός‘formed’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔμπλαστροςémplastronas ἔμπλαστρον‘daub, salve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1851emplastron
Earliest quotation: 1851, Monthly Journal of Medical Science: “In his observations, however, upon the different forms of…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρος ‘daub, salve’
Today it means
noun A plaster.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω / emplastron