percolate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   prepare in a percolator

   Percolate coffee.

Simplified etymology

Percolate, recorded from the early 17th century, is based on Latin percolare, meaning “to strain through.”

Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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