Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of matter, physical substance. · Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the four elements arose according to Empedocles and Aristotle.
From Medieval Latin hyle, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”), particularly in Aristotle as πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “protomatter, fundamental undifferentiated matter”).
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- Derivation mentionὕληgrc
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