Where does “percolative” come from?
percolative (English) comes from English percolate, from Latin percolatus, from Latin percōlō, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
percolative (English): That percolates
Definitions
- That percolates
Ancestry of “percolative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percolate | To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to... |
| 2 | Latin | percolatus | strained through, filtered through, percolated |
| 3 | Latin | percōlō | to strain or filter through; to percolate |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |