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Where does “retentate” come from?

retentate (English) comes from English retent, from Latin retentum, from Latin retentus, from Latin retineō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

retentate (English): That which is retained, for example by a filter...

Definitions

  1. That which is retained, for example by a filter...

Ancestry of “retentate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretentThat which is retained
2Latinretentumnominative neuter singular of retentus;...
3Latinretentusrestrained, delayed; repressed; held
4Latinretineō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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