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Where does “filtration” come from?

Filtration comes from French filtration, derived from the Medieval Latin filtrum meaning a straining cloth or filter.

filtration (English): The act or process of filtering; the mechanical...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of filtering; the mechanical...

Ancestry of “filtration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfiltrationfiltration
2French-ation-ation
3Middle French-ation-ation
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “filtration”

  • ultrafiltration
  • microfiltration
  • nanofiltration
  • diafiltration
  • hyperfiltration
  • haemofiltration
  • biofiltration
  • prefiltration
  • postfiltration
  • refiltration
  • cryofiltration
  • hypofiltration
  • hemofiltration
  • defiltration
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