Etymology

demineralization

Today it means: The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid. Full definition →

English mineralization ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmineral
  8. Englishmineralization
  9. English todaydemineralization

From de- + mineralization.

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