Noun: latex
| Singular | latex |
| Plural | latices; latexes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like latex
orbitofrontal cortex,
cryptex,
clustered index,
latex,
codex,
mesovortex,
nonclustered index,
cranial index,
caudex,
neocortex,
vertex,
vortex,
apex,
cerebral cortex,
Etymology
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. See: Latin Nouns '
latex', Old Norse Nouns '
leðja'.