Etymology

desulfurization

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Today it means: The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude. Full definition →

English desulfurize ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre
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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. Latinsulpur
  8. Latinsulfur
  9. Latinsulphur
  10. Anglo-Normansulfre
  11. Middle Englishsulphur
  12. Englishsulfur
  13. Englishsulfurize
  14. Englishdesulfurize
  15. English todaydesulfurization

From desulfurize + -ation.

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