Etymology

perhydrate

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Today it means: a hydrate in which the water molecules have been replaced by molecules of hydrogen peroxide Full definition →

English hydrate ← French hydrate ← Latin per-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Latinper-
  6. Englishper-
  7. Frenchhydrate
  8. Englishhydrate
  9. English todayperhydrate

From per- + hydrate.

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