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Where does “pulverate” come from?

pulverate (English) comes from Latin pulveratus, from Latin pulverare — to pulverize.

pulverate (English): To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize

Definitions

  1. To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize

Ancestry of “pulverate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulveratus—
2Latinpulverareto pulverize
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