Where does “detoxification” come from?
Detoxification comes from English toxification preceded by the prefix de-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de-, meaning "away" or "off."
detoxification (English): The process of removing toxins
Definitions
- The process of removing toxins
Ancestry of “detoxification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 2 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 3 | Latin | dē | — |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “detoxification”