Etymology of the English word desaturated
the English word
desaturatedusing 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
saturatederived from the Latin word
saturatioderived from the Latin word
saturatusderived from the Latin word
saturare (fill to repletion, sate, satisfy)
derived from the Latin word
satur (well-fed, replete; rich)
derived from the Latin word
satis (enough, adequate, sufficient)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sa-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sā-using the English suffix
-edUsage
Word found in Modern English