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Where does “sanitationist” come from?

sanitationist (English) comes from English sanitation, from English sanitary, from French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās, from Latin -tās, from Pali -tā, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.

sanitationist (English): One who believes in sanitation as a means of...

Definitions

  1. One who believes in sanitation as a means of...

Ancestry of “sanitationist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanitationThe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste; The...
2EnglishsanitaryOf, or relating to health; Clean and free from...
3Frenchsanitairesanitary; health
4Latinsānitās—
5Latin-tās—
6Pali-tā—
7Proto-Indo-European-tweh₂Forms nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ →