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Where does “sanitarian” come from?

sanitarian (English) comes from English sanitary, from French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

sanitarian (English): Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of...

Ancestry of “sanitarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanitaryOf, or relating to health; Clean and free from...
2Frenchsanitairesanitary; health
3Latinsānitās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “sanitarian”

  • sanitarianism
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