Etymology

supersaturation

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Today it means: The condition of a solution being more highly concentrated than is normally possible. Full definition →

English saturation ← Late Latin saturatio ← Latin super-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Late Latinsaturatio
  8. Englishsaturation
  9. English todaysupersaturation

From super- + saturation.

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