Where does “sulfate” come from?
Sulfate comes from French sulfate, derived from French sulfater with the French verb-forming suffix -er, ultimately from Latin -āre verbal endings.
sulfate (English): Any ester of sulfuric acid; Any salt of sulfuric...
Definitions
- Any ester of sulfuric acid; Any salt of sulfuric...
Ancestry of “sulfate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sulfate | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | New Latin | sulphatum | — |
| 3 | New Latin | sulphatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sulphur | sulfur, brimstone; lightning |
| 5 | Latin | sulpur | Archaic form of sulphur |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swelplos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |
Words derived from “sulfate”
- thiosulfate
- persulfate
- sulfatase
- bisulfate
- phosphosulfate
- arylsulfatase
- polysulfate
- hydrogensulfate
- methylsulfate
- disulfate
- hemisulfate
- hyposulfate
- trisulfate
- hydrosulfate
- glycosulfatase
- keratosulfate
- dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
- oxysulfate
- zircosulfate
- borosulfate
- organosulfate
- aurothiosulfate
- oxyhydroxysulfate
- sucralfate