Hyphenation
waste wa·ter treat·mentTurkish pronunciation
weyst wôtır tritmıntPronunciation
/ˈwāst ˈwôtər ˈtrētmənt/ /ˈweɪst ˈwɔːtɜr ˈtriːtmənt/
Etymology
[ 'wAst ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Old North French wast, from wast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste; more at VAST.