Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahoganize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-hoga-nize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To paint or treat (wood) to give it the appearance of mahogany.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English mahogany Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English mahoganize From mahogany + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

mahoganizes (present, singular) mahoganizing (participle, present) mahoganized (participle, past) mahoganized (past)

Questions

What does mahoganize mean?: To paint or treat (wood) to give it the appearance of mahogany.
Where does mahoganize come from?: Etymology tree English mahogany Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English mahoganize From mahogany + -ize.

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