Etymology

sanitate

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Today it means: To sanitize. Full definition →

Latin sanitas
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  1. Latin · derived fromsanitas“health, propriety”
  2. English todaysanitate

From Latin sanitas (“health, propriety”), from sanus (“healthy, rational, chaste”).

Words from the same roots

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