English
ephemeralization
From ephemeral + -ization.
Formed from ephemeral + -ization
Proto-Indo-European *Héh₂mr̥ ‘daylight, day’
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Ancient Greek ἦμαρ ‘day’
Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ ‘day’
Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος ‘living only one day’
New Latin ephemerus ‘ephemeral, fleeting, short-lived’
English ephemeral
The story
In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.
Today it means
noun The process of making something ephemeral.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ephemeralization