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rancidify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ran-cid-i-fy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become rancid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid 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 rancidify From rancid + -ify.

Inflected Forms

rancidifies (present, singular) rancidifying (participle, present) rancidified (participle, past) rancidified (past)

Derived Forms

rancidification

Questions

What does rancidify mean?
To make or become rancid.
Where does rancidify come from?
Etymology tree Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid 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 rancidify From rancid + -ify.

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