English
salinization
From saline + -ization.
A compound of saline + -ization
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 act of salinizing, or the state of being salinized.
Sources
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Etymograph / salinization