Etymology

dechlorination

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Today it means: The removal of chlorine from water that has been chlorinated Full definition →

English chlorination ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishchlorination
  8. English todaydechlorination

From de- + chlorination.

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