FromLatinēluō +-ate(noun-forming suffix, of participial origin). On the other hand,elute has been borrowed directly from theperfectpassiveparticiple ofēluō,ēlūtus.
eluate (countable anduncountable,pluraleluates)
FromLatinēluō +-ate(verb-forming suffix, of participial origin), seeetymology 1.
eluate (third-person singular simple presenteluates,present participleeluating,simple past and past participleeluated)