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Where does “hydrate” come from?

Hydrate comes from French hydrate, derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ meaning water, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ with the Latin suffix -are.

hydrate (English): A solid compound containing or linked to water...

Definitions

  1. A solid compound containing or linked to water...

Ancestry of “hydrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhydratépast participle of hydrater
2French-ate-ate
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “hydrate”

  • dehydration
  • hydration
  • rehydration
  • monohydrate
  • dehydrate
  • dehydrator
  • dihydrate
  • rehydrate
  • dehydratase
  • overhydration
  • hemihydrate
  • hydratase
  • trihydrate
  • hexahydrate
  • pentahydrate
  • decahydrate
  • heptahydrate
  • tetrahydrate
  • hyperhydration
  • chlorohydrate
  • hydratable
  • hypohydration
  • nonhydratable
  • euhydration
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