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calcine

Meaninglime or limestone

Common meaning: heat a substance until it becomes powder or changes chemically

Journey through time

  1. Latincalx‘lime or limestone’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftslime or limestone → reduce by heatcalcinare‘reduce by heat’source
  3. Frenchcalciner‘calcine’source
  4. Englishcalcine‘heat a substance until it becomes powder or changes chemically’ · today

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

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin calx ‘lime or limestone’.

Roots

  • calx Latin “lime or limestone”

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