Etymology

supersaturate

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Today it means: To cause a solution to have more solute dissolved in it than it can stably contain at current conditions. Full definition →

English saturate ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishsaturate
  8. English todaysupersaturate

From super- + saturate.

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