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Where does “titrate” come from?

Titrate comes from French titrer, derived from French titre and Old French title, ultimately from Latin titulus meaning inscription or label.

titrate (English): To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a...

Definitions

  1. To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a...

Ancestry of “titrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtitrerto title; to titrate
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “titrate”

  • titratable
  • titrator
  • autotitrator
  • titratability
  • microtitrate
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