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emulsion
Emulsion comes from Latin ēmulgeō ‘to milk out, extract’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂melǵ-‘to milk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂molǵéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molgeō‘to milk’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmulgeō‘milk, extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmulgeō‘to milk out, extract’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900ēmulsiō
- Frenchc. 1600–presentémulsion
- Englishearliest quotation 2016emulsion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂melǵ-‘to milk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂molǵéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molgeō‘to milk’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmulgeō‘milk, extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmulgeō‘to milk out, extract’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900ēmulsiō
- Frenchc. 1600–presentémulsion
- Englishearliest quotation 2016emulsion
Earliest quotation: 2016, Tom Whipple, Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medic: “When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- ‘to milk’
through Latin mulgeō ‘milk, extract’
Today it means
noun A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- / emulsion