Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-tite
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.

Example Sentences

"Fortited sound /t/ /k/ If a verb root beginning with /d/ or /g/ is reduplicated, the initial sound in the base form of the verb is fortited. For example , the verb root /gita/ 'look at' is reduplicated to the left[…]"
"It is very striking that natives of this archipelago, Scandinavian-speaking well into the modern era, should have developed */xw/ in a similar fortited way to their Faeroese and Norwegian neighbours."

Etymology

Back-formed from fortition? Compare lenite, lenition.

Inflected Forms

fortites (present, singular) fortiting (participle, present) fortited (participle, past) fortited (past)

Questions

What does fortite mean?: To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
Where does fortite come from?: Back-formed from fortition? Compare lenite, lenition.

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