Etymology

decate

D2E1C3A1T1E1

Today it means: Synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”). Full definition →

French décatir
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromdécatir
  2. English todaydecate

From French décatir ("to remove the cati from"), from catir.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdécatir all →

decatize

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