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Etymology of the English word desalinize

the English word desalinize
using 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 saline
derived from the Late Latin word salinus
derived from the New Latin word sal (salt; wit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sal-
using the English suffix -ize
derived from the Old French suffix -iser
derived from the Latin suffix -izare
derived from the Greek suffix -izein, -ίζειν

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Word found in Modern English



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