English

hydrogelation

From hydro- + gelation or hydrogel + -ation.

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’

Latin gelū ‘frost’

Latin gelō ‘to freeze’

Latin gelātus ‘frozen’

Latin gelātiō ‘freezing’

Today it means

noun The formation of a hydrogel

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hydrogelation