The story
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromlixīvio, lixīviātus
- English todaylixiviate
Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.