Etymology

sedimentation

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Today it means: The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid. Full definition →

English sediment ← Middle French sédiment ← Latin sedimentum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sedēō
  4. Latinsedeō
  5. Latinsedimentum
  6. Middle Frenchsédiment
  7. Englishsediment
  8. English todaysedimentation

From sediment + -ation.

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