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Sellotape en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsuslbor. French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek δῐᾰφαίνω (dĭăphaínō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰφᾰνής (dĭăphănḗs)bor. Medieval Latin diaphanus Middle French diaphanebor. English diaphane blend English cellophane Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape blend English Sellotape Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.

Meanings

1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually) A brand of adhesive tape (and similar products) similar to Scotch tape (US).

Forms

Deriveds

sellotape

Relateds

tape · adhesive tape · sticky tape · Scotch tape · Durex

Synonyms

Scotch tape · sticky tape

Sellotape en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsuslbor. French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek δῐᾰφαίνω (dĭăphaínō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰφᾰνής (dĭăphănḗs)bor. Medieval Latin diaphanus Middle French diaphanebor. English diaphane blend English cellophane Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape blend English Sellotape Brand name, from cellophane tape. The first letter was changed to avoid infringing the then-extant trademark on cellophane.

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of sellotape.
   alt of sellotape
   • ‘Didn’t they tell you about the pipe leakage problem there?’ ‘Yeah, I Sellotaped it.’ She stared at him. ‘You Sellotaped it?’ ‘Yeah, I just Sellotaped the shit out of it.’ 2017, Debashish Irengbam, Charlie Next Door, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
   • On one car he Sellotaped the ticket over the windscreen wiper. 1983, Joel Richman, Traffic Wardens: An Ethnography of Street Administration, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 69:
   • She Sellotaped the stems back on but they just fell off again. 2013, Ella Griffin, A Little Bit of Summer, Orion Books, →ISBN:
   • He stood on his bed then Sellotaped the mermaid picture on to his wall so she would be the first thing he would see when he woke up. 2009, Janis Mackay, Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest, Kelpies, published 2011, →ISBN:

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