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Where does “saponifier” come from?

saponifier (French) comes from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

saponifier (French): saponify

Definitions

  1. saponify

Ancestry of “saponifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsāpō—
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “saponifier”

  • saponification
  • unsaponifiable
  • saponify
  • saponifiable
  • nonsaponifiable
  • saponifier
  • saponification
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