Word: desalinating
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
sa
li
na
ting
Definition: Present participle of desalinate; remove salt from
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: saline
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Water containing dissolved salt.
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.