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sulfate (n.)
salt of sulfuric acid, 1790 (
sulphat
), from French
sulphate
(1787), from Modern Latin
sulphatum acidum,
from Latin
sulpur
,
sulphur
(see
sulfur
) + chemical ending
-ate
(3). The spelling with
-ph-
is standard in Britain.
