Where does “sanitation” come from?
Sanitation derives from French sanitation, from Latin sanitātiō, from Latin sanitas meaning health, with the suffix -tiō forming abstract nouns from adjectives.
sanitation (English): The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste; The...
Definitions
- The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste; The...
Ancestry of “sanitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sanitary | Of, or relating to health; Clean and free from... |
| 2 | French | sanitaire | sanitary; health |
| 3 | Latin | sānitās | health, soundness of body, healing |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |