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Where does “sanitaire” come from?

sanitaire (French) comes from Latin sānitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

sanitaire (French): sanitary; health

Definitions

  1. sanitary; health

Ancestry of “sanitaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsānitās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “sanitaire”

  • sanitary
  • sanitation
  • unsanitary
  • insanitary
  • phytosanitary
  • sanitarian
  • insanitation
  • sanitarily
  • unsanitarily
  • sanitariness
  • zoosanitary
  • unsanitariness
  • sanitationist
  • sanitarianism
  • sanitational
  • sanman
  • insanitarily
  • hydrosanitary
  • sanitationless
  • sociosanitary
  • phytosanitaire
  • sanitær
  • sanitær
  • sanitær
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