Etymology

sulfurate

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Today it means: To treat or to combine something with sulfur. Full definition →

English sulfur ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre
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The story

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. English todaysulfurate

From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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