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Origin and history of resin

resin(n.)

hardened secretions of various plants, used in medicine, varnishes, etc., late 14c., from Old French resine "gum, resin," and directly from Latin resina "resin," from Greek rhētinē "resin of the pine," a word of unknown origin. Applied to synthetic products by 1883. Related: Resiniferous.

also from late 14c.

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resinate(v.)

"impregnate with resin," 1756, from resin + -ate (2). Related: Resinated; resinating.

resinous(adj.)

"of the nature of, pertaining to, or obtained from resin," 1640s, from Latin resinosus, from resina (see resin). Resiny "having a character or quality like resin" is attested from 1570s.

rosin(n.)

"distillate of turpentine," especially when in a solid state and employed for ordinary purposes, late 13c., from Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine (see resin). The verb, "to cover or rub with rosin," is from mid-14c. Related: Rosined; rosining.

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    gum
    c. 1300, "resin from dried sap of plants," from Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from Late Latin gumma, from Latin...The gum tree (1670s) was so called for the resin it exudes. Latin gummi also is the source of German Gummi (13c.)....
    tar
    a viscous liquid, Old English teoru, teru "tar, bitumen, resin, gum," literally "the pitch of (certain kinds of) trees,"...Tarheel for "North Carolina resident" first recorded 1864, probably from the gummy resin of pine woods....
    opium
    Greek opion "poppy juice, poppy," diminutive of opos "vegetable juice, plant juice, fig curd," from PIE *sokwo- "juice, resin..." (source also of Old Church Slavonic soki "juice," Lithuanian sakaī (plural) "resin")....
    varnish
    mid-14c., from Old French vernis "varnish" (12c.), from Medieval Latin vernix "odorous resin," of uncertain origin, perhaps...
    benzoin
    balsamic resin obtained from a tree (Styrax benzoin) of Indonesia, 1560s (earlier as bengewine, 1550s), from French benjoin...
    laser
    Earlier laser was the name of a type of gum-resin from North Africa used medicinally (1570s), from Latin; still earlier it...
    vinyl
    in modern use, in reference to a plastic or synthetic resin, 1939, short for polyvinyl; not in widespread use until late...
    tin
    Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinom (source also of Middle Dutch and Dutch tin, Old High German zin, German Zinn, Old Norse tin), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic. Other Indo-European languages often have separate words for "tin" as a raw metal and "tin plate
    dilettante
    1733, "an admirer of a fine art, literature, science, etc., one who cultivates an art or literature casually and for amusement," a borrowing of Italian dilettante "lover of music or painting," from dilettare "to delight," from Latin delectare "to allure, delight, charm, please,"
    set
    Middle English setten, from Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit; make or cause to rest as on a seat; cause to be put, placed, or seated;" also "put in a definite place," also "arrange, fix adjust; fix or appoint (a time) for some affair or transaction," and "cause (thou

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