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-ateate
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “hydrate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →