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Where does “hydration” come from?

Hydration derives from English hydrate, from Latin -ātus and -iō, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ meaning water, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥.

hydration (English): The incorporation of water molecules into a...

Definitions

  1. The incorporation of water molecules into a...

Ancestry of “hydration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ionan action or process, or the result of an action...
2Ancient Greekἀπόγειονapogee, greatest distance from the Earth
3Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
4Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
5Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
6Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “hydration”

  • dehydration
  • rehydration
  • overhydration
  • hyperhydration
  • hypohydration
  • euhydration
  • cyclodehydration
  • underhydration
  • hydrational
  • photohydration
  • normohydration
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