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Where does “trihydrate” come from?

trihydrate (English) comes from English hydrate, from French hydraté, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

trihydrate (English): A hydrate whose solid contains three molecules of...

Definitions

  1. A hydrate whose solid contains three molecules of...

Ancestry of “trihydrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrateA solid compound containing or linked to water...
2Frenchhydratépast participle of hydrater
3French-ate-ate
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →