Etymograph

English

terpolymer

From ter- + polymer.

A compound of ter- + polymer

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three’

Proto-Indo-European *trís ‘thrice (three times)’

Proto-Italic *tris

Old Latin *tris

Latin ter ‘three times’

English ter-

Today it means

noun A copolymer derived from three species of monomer.

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