Etymograph

English

plasma

Plasma comes from Late Latin plasma ‘mold’, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα ‘something formed’, and ultimately from πλάσσω ‘to form, mold’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσω‘to form, mold’earlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλάσμαplásma‘something formed’
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEplasma‘mold’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1901same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσω‘to form, mold’earlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλάσμαplásma‘something formed’
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEplasma‘mold’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1901same form

Earliest quotation: 1901, Rudyard Kipling: “hair-pins of jade, ivory, and plasma”.

Linked words

through Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to form, mold’

plastic, hyperplasia, plastique, 13 more

Today it means

noun A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλάσσω / plasma

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