Where does “percolator” come from?
percolator (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.
percolator (English): A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling...
Definitions
- A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling...
Ancestry of “percolator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | percolate | To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to... |
| 2 | Latin | percolatus | strained through, filtered through, percolated |
| 3 | Latin | percōlō | — |
| 4 | Latin | colō | — |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “percolator”