lixiviate

lixiviate

‘to wash or percolate the soluble matter from (solid material)’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. lixivate < Mod.Lat. lixiviare < Lat. lixivium < lixivius ‘made into lye’ < lix ‘ashes, lye’ < li < lik (Skeat) < Tamil aruvi