Synonyms & related words for passivate

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Words related to passivate

Explore words related to passivate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include passivation, electrochemically, deoxidizing, chemisorb, anodically, photochemically, oxidable, chemisorption. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does passivate come from?

The word passivate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: pass, from Latin pati (“to suffer, be acted upon”); -iv, from Latin ivus (“tending to”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make, cause”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.