Where does “desalination” come from?
Desalination comes from English desalinate, from English saline, from Latin salīnus, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂l- meaning salt.
desalination (English): The process of removing salt from sea water in...
Definitions
- The process of removing salt from sea water in...
Ancestry of “desalination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salination | A treatment with a salt solution; The increase of... |
| 2 | English | salinate | To add salt to |
| 3 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 4 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |