Where does “saturation” come from?
saturation (English) comes from Late Latin saturatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
saturation (English): The act of saturating or the process of being...
Definitions
- The act of saturating or the process of being...
Ancestry of “saturation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | saturatio | — |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “saturation”
- desaturation
- supersaturation
- unsaturation
- oversaturation
- undersaturation
- presaturation
- resaturation
- polyunsaturation
- subsaturation
- antisaturation
- desupersaturation
- postsaturation
- oxygen saturation
- peripheral oxygen saturation
- chemosaturation
- episaturation
- hypersaturation
- monosaturation
- nonsaturation
- photosaturation
- semisaturation
- suprasaturation
- monounsaturation