Etymology

dehydrate

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Today it means: To remove water from; to dry up. Full definition →

English hydrate ← French hydrate ← Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)
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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*wed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  9. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  11. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  12. Frenchhydr-
  13. Frenchhydrate
  14. Englishhydrate
  15. English todaydehydrate

From de- + hydrate.

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