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laminate (v.)[laminate 词源字典]: 1660s, "to beat or roll into thin plates," from Latin lamina "thin piece of metal or wood, thin slice, plate, leaf, layer," of unknown origin. Many modern senses are from the noun meaning "an artificial thin layer" (1939), especially a type of plastic adhesive. Related: Laminated; laminating.[laminate etymology, laminate origin, 英语词源]
lamination (n.): "any layer of laminated substance," 1670s, noun of state from laminate. Meaning "process of manufacturing laminated products" is from 1945.
shale (n.): 1747, possibly a specialized use of Middle English schale "shell, husk, pod" (late 14c.), also "fish scale," from Old English scealu (see shell (n.)) in its base sense of "thing that divides or separate," in reference to the way the rock breaks apart in layers. Compare Middle English sheel "to shell, to take off the outer husk" (late 15c.). Geological use also possibly influenced by German Schalstein "laminated limestone," and Schalgebirge "layer of stone in stratified rock."
triplex: "Toughened or laminated safety glass, used especially for car windows", Early 17th century (as an adjective in the sense 'threefold'): from Latin, 'threefold', from tri- 'three' + plicare 'to fold'. Current specific senses date from the 1920s.