Etymology

transcolate

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Today it means: To strain, as if through a sieve. Full definition →

Latin colare
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  1. Latin · derived fromcolare
  2. English todaytranscolate

From trans- + Latin colare, colatum (“to filter, to strain”).

Words from the same roots

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