English
salinification
From saline + -ification.
Formed from saline + -ification
Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
Proto-Italic *sāls ‘salt’
Latin sal ‘salt’
Medieval Latin salīna ‘salt pan, salt works’
Middle English salyne
English saline
Today it means
noun The process of becoming saline, or an instance of this.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “salinification”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / salinification