Where did the name Polymer come from?

[xander....@gmail.com]

I'm currenty writing a paper about the polymer project and would like to know if anyone can give me any information about the origination of it's name.

[NanoWANG]

It came from chemistry.

Polymer itself is a chemical compound.

Previously the elements were named after elements, like iron-, gold-, carbon-, molecule- etc.

And the side-projects were also named after some chemistry terms, like vulcanize.

[Frank R.]

Does it have anything to do with polyfill?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyfill