Etymology

degas

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Today it means: To remove the gas from. Full definition →

English gas ← Dutch gas ← Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₂-
  8. Ancient Greekχαῦνος (khaûnos)
  9. Ancient Greekχάος (kháos)
  10. Dutchgas
  11. Englishgas
  12. English todaydegas

From de- + gas.

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