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- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Proto-Germanic*fellą
- Proto-West Germanic*felt
- Latinfiltrum
- Frenchfiltre
- Frenchfiltrer
- Frenchfiltration
- English todayfiltration
Borrowed from French filtration.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
filtration
Today it means: The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it. Full definition →
French filtration ← Latin filtrum ← Proto-West Germanic *felt