Etymology

denatured

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Today it means: Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed. Full definition →

English denature ← French dénaturer ← Old French desnaturer
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The story

  1. Old Frenchdesnaturer
  2. Frenchdénaturer
  3. Englishdenature
  4. English todaydenatured

From denature + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.