## Meanings
1. A light artificial material that can be shaped, used to make many everyday objects.
2. Made of plastic.
3. Soft enough to be bent or shaped easily.
4. Credit or debit cards used instead of cash.

## Examples
- The toy is made of cheap plastic.
- She drank from a plastic cup.
- Plastic substances such as wax or clay are perfect for sculpting.
- Do you take plastic?

## Derived Forms
- aminoplastic
- amyloplastic
- antiplastic
- apicoplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- bioplastic
- cacoplastic
- ceroplastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- ecoplastic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plasticus
- Root: πλαστικός

## Etymology
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.

## AI Etymology
Plastic comes from Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique. The historical chain includes plasticus (Latin), πλαστικός (Ancient Greek). In present-day English it covers a light artificial material that can be shaped, used to make many everyday objects, made of plastic, and soft enough to be bent or shaped easily. The wider family includes derived forms such as aminoplastic, amyloplastic, antiplastic, apicoplastic, autoplastic.

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