Etymology of the English word desalinate
the English word
desalinateusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the English word
salinederived from the Late Latin word
salinusderived from the New Latin word
sal (salt; wit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sal-using the English suffix
-ateUsage
Word found in Modern English
