Where does “desulfatare” come from?
desulfatare (Romanian) comes from Romanian sulfatare, from Romanian sulfata, from French sulfater, from French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, from New Latin sulphatus, from Latin sulphur, from Latin sulpur — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
desulfatare (Romanian): desulfation
Definitions
- desulfation
Ancestry of “desulfatare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sulfatare | sulfation |
| 2 | Romanian | sulfata | to sulfate |
| 3 | French | sulfater | to sulfate; to apply copper sulfate fertilizer |
| 4 | French | sulfate | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | New Latin | sulphatum | — |
| 6 | New Latin | sulphatus | — |
| 7 | Latin | sulphur | sulfur, brimstone; lightning |
| 8 | Latin | sulpur | Archaic form of sulphur |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swelplos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |