latex

Senso (Inglese)

1. (archaic, countable, rare, uncountable) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).
2. (countable, uncountable) The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
3. (countable, uncountable) An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
4. (countable, uncountable) Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

Concetti

lattice

latice

gomma

caucciù

sinonimi

milk

🥛

rubber

caoutchouc

milky juice

latex paint

rubber-base paint

cahootchie

poppy juice

latex emulsion

gum

galoshes

chyle

Traduzioni

latex

látex

Milchsaft

lait

🥛

latex

làtex

Latex

caoutchouc

κόμμι

látex

cautxú

borracha

λατέξ

لتى

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈleɪtɛks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine greco antico: λᾰ́τᾰξ

Affine irlandese antico: laith

Affine gallese: llad

Affine tedesco antico alto: letto

Affine norse antico: leðja

In summary

Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”). Potentially a borrowing from Ancient Greek λᾰ́τᾰξ (lắtăx, “drop of wine”), reformed by analogy to other nouns in -ex. The semantic shift, however, from drop of wine to water is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as Proto-Celtic *latis (Old Irish laith (“liquid, beer”), Welsh llad (“beer”)) or Proto-Germanic *ladjō- (Old High German letto (“clay, loam”), Old Norse leðja (“mud, dregs”)) or from a Pre-Greek language.