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carbonify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-boni-fy
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify From carbon + -ify.

Inflected Forms

carbonifies (present, singular) carbonifying (participle, present) carbonified (participle, past) carbonified (past)

Questions

What does carbonify mean?
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
Where does carbonify come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify From carbon + -ify.

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