Where does “decontaminator” come from?
decontaminator (English) comes from English decontaminate, from English contaminate, from Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminare, from Latin contamino, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
decontaminator (English): A device that decontaminates
Definitions
- A device that decontaminates
Ancestry of “decontaminator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | decontaminate | To remove contamination from , rendering it safe |
| 2 | English | contaminate | To make something dangerous or toxic by... |
| 3 | Old French | contaminer | — |
| 4 | Latin | contaminare | present active infinitive of contāminō;... |
| 5 | Latin | contamino | I touch, bring into contact; I corrupt,... |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |