Etymology

aerosolize

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English aerosol ← Middle English solucioun ← Old French solucion
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  6. Englishaero-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  8. Latinse-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*luh₁éti
  11. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  12. Latinluō
  13. Latinsolvō
  14. Latinsolūtiō
  15. Latinsolūtiōnem
  16. Old Frenchsolucion
  17. Middle Englishsolucioun
  18. Englishsolution
  19. Englishsol
  20. Englishaerosol
  21. English todayaerosolize

From aerosol + -ize.

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