Where does “percolate” come from?
Percolate comes from Latin percolo, from Latin colo meaning to strain or filter, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to turn or move.
percolate (English): To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to...
Definitions
- To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to...
Ancestry of “percolate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | percolatus | strained through, filtered through, percolated |
| 2 | Latin | percōlō | to strain or filter through; to percolate |
| 3 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |