Where does “desat” come from?
desat (English) comes from English desaturate, from English de-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
desat (English): To decrease; To undergo a decrease in the oxygen...
Definitions
- To decrease; To undergo a decrease in the oxygen...
Ancestry of “desat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | desaturate | To lessen the saturation of; Of the oxygen... |
| 2 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |