dehydrate

/dɪˈhaɪdɹeɪt/dih-HIGH-drayt

/dɪˈhaɪdɹeɪt/dih-HIGH-drayt

Meaningto take away water

Common meaning: to remove water from

dedown, away, off; undoing
hydrwaterLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1724 · scan
ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having

‘down, away, off’ + ‘water’ → dehydrate

Journey through time

Greekὕδωρ‘water’
Latinkydra
Englishdehydrate‘to remove water from’ · today

de- also in: deter decamp decide deduce defame

hydr also in: hydrophobia

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Greek ὕδωρ ‘water’.

Roots

ὕδωρ Greek “water”

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