Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphatize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pha-tize
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to convert something into a phosphate

verb

to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid

Etymology

Etymology tree French phosphateder. English phosphate 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 phosphatize From phosphate + -ize.

Inflected Forms

phosphatizes (present, singular) phosphatizing (participle, present) phosphatized (participle, past) phosphatized (past)

Questions

What does phosphatize mean?: to convert something into a phosphate
Where does phosphatize come from?: Etymology tree French phosphateder. English phosphate 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 phosphatize From phosphate + -ize.

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