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Where does “dephlogisticate” come from?

dephlogisticate (English) comes from French déphlogistiquer — to dephlogisticate.

dephlogisticate (English): To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to...

Definitions

  1. To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to...

Ancestry of “dephlogisticate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéphlogistiquerto dephlogisticate
Every word from French déphlogistiquer →