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Where does “dénaturant” come from?

dénaturant (French) comes from French -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

dénaturant (French): substance that alters another; that alters;...

Definitions

  1. substance that alters another; that alters;...

Ancestry of “dénaturant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ant-ing; "abracadabra" → "abracadabrant"; Used to...
2Old French-antused to form the present participle of verbs
3Latin-āns—
4Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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