Etymology

dehumidify

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Today it means: To reduce the moisture in a body of air; to lower the humidity. Full definition →

English humid ← Old French humide ← Latin hūmidus
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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. Latinūmidus
  8. Latinhūmidus
  9. Old Frenchhumide
  10. Englishhumid
  11. English todaydehumidify

From de- + humid + -ify.

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