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Where does “dechlorinate” come from?

dechlorinate (English) comes from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

dechlorinate (English): To remove chlorine from something

Definitions

  1. To remove chlorine from something

Ancestry of “dechlorinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →