contaminant
/kənˈtamɪnənt/ · noun
Meaning
- That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate + -ant.
- contaminant(French)→
- contaminant (English)
- Relations: bor
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