desalt

desalt

English

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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.
Proto-Italic *saljō
Latin saliō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin saltusbor.
English salt
English desalt

    From de- + salt.

    Verb

    desalt (third-person singular simple present desalts, present participle desalting, simple past and past participle desalted)

    1. (transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate.

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