polyesterification

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English ester

English polyester

English -ification

English polyesterification

From polyester + -ification.

Noun

polyesterification (plural polyesterifications)

1. (chemistry) Any reaction which generates a polyester