elastomeric
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to or composed of elastomers.
noun
An elastomeric item, especially an elastomeric ligature used in orthodontics.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English elastomer ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English elastomeric From elastomer + -ic.