Laminate comes from Latin for "thin plate" — the same root describes both the plastic-sealed documents on your desk and the smooth flow of water in physics.
To overlay or bond layers of material together; to split or arrange into thin layers; to cover with a protective transparent layer.
From Latin lāminātus, past participle of lāmināre (to split into layers, to plate), from lāmina (a thin plate, layer, leaf, blade), of uncertain ultimate origin. Key roots: lāmina (Latin: "thin plate, layer, leaf, blade").
Laminate gave us the word laminar, used in physics for laminar flow — smooth, layered fluid movement where parallel layers slide past each other without mixing, as opposed to turbulent flow. The same root gives us lamella (a thin plate-like structure in biology), used for the thin plates in mushroom gills and bone structure. The everyday act of laminating a document — sealing it between transparent plastic layers — perfectly