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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Classical Latin asbestoslbor. English asbestos Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English asbestosize From asbestos + -ize.

Meanings

1. To introduce the use of asbestos to.
   • The Navy, besides switch boards and packings, uses quite large quantities of fibrous paints, roofing cements, asbestos floor coverings, asbestos shingles, pipe coverings, millboards and high temperature cements and asbestos brake linings; in fact, the Navy is becoming asbestosized almost completely. 1931, Transactions of the Geological Survey of South Africa, volume 33, page 10:
   • J-M Service aims to “asbestosize” housekeeping; just as in manufacturing and the industries it has made asbestos universally known and used. 1915, Dry Goods Economist, volume 69:
   • But Gately had been living in the little male live-in Staffer’s room down in the basement by the audio pay phone and tonic machines for like two months before it turned out the Health guy came and inspected and said all the big pipes up at the room’s ceiling were insulated in ancient asbestos that was coming apart and asbestosizing the room, and Gately had to move all his shit and the furniture out into the open basement and guys in white suits with oxygen tanks went in and stripped everything off the pipes and went over the room with what smells like it was a flamethrower. 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

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asbestize · asbestosization · asbestization