Where does “fosfatare” come from?
fosfatare (Italian) comes from Italian fosfato, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
fosfatare (Italian): To phosphate
Definitions
- To phosphate
Ancestry of “fosfatare”, step by step
fosfatare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian fosfato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fosfato | phosphate; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Romanian fosfata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fosfata | to phosphatize |
| 2 | French | phosphater | To phosphate |