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percolation (n.)
1610s, from Latin
percolationem
(nominative
percolatio
), noun of action from past participle stem of
percolare
"to strain through, filter," from
per-
"through" (see
per
) +
colare
"to strain," from
colum
"a strainer" (see
colander
).