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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

  1. That percolates

Ancestry of “percolative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpercolateTo pass a liquid through a porous substance; to...
2Latinpercolatusstrained through, filtered through, percolated
3Latinpercōlō—
4Latincolō—
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “percolative”

  • nonpercolative
  • percolatively
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