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
decontaminator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English decontaminate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decontaminate | To remove contamination from (something), 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |