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desalinize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-salin-ize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English saline Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English desalinize From de- + saline + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

desalinizes (present, singular) desalinizing (participle, present) desalinized (participle, past) desalinized (past)

Derived Forms

desalination

Synonyms

desalinate desalt desalinise

Questions

What does desalinize mean?
To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.
Where does desalinize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English saline Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English desalinize From de- + saline + -ize.

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