Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossilify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-sil-i-fy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Dated

Etymology

Etymology tree English fossil 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 fossilify From fossil + -ify.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

fossilifies (present, singular) fossilifying (participle, present) fossilified (participle, past) fossilified (past)

Questions

What does fossilify mean?: To fossilize
Where does fossilify come from?: Etymology tree English fossil 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 fossilify From fossil + -ify.

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