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Where does “détergent” come from?

détergent (French) comes from Middle French detergent, from Latin dētergēns, from Latin dētergeō, from Latin tergeō.

détergent (French): detergent

Definitions

  1. detergent

Ancestry of “détergent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdetergent—
2Latindētergēns—
3Latindētergeō—
4Latintergeō—

Words derived from “détergent”

  • detergent
  • nondetergent
  • detergentless
Every word from Latin tergeō →