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Where does “titer” come from?

Titer comes from French titre, from Old French title, from Latin titulus meaning "inscription" or "label."

titer (English): The concentration of a substance as determined by...

Definitions

  1. The concentration of a substance as determined by...

Ancestry of “titer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtitrépast participle of titrer
2Old Frenchtitle—
3Latintitulustitle; placard, tablet; inscription

Words derived from “titer”

  • microtiter
  • microtitre
  • picotiter
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