Where does “calcify” come from?
calcify (English) comes from French calcifier, from French calcium, from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
calcify (English): To make something hard and stony by impregnating...
Definitions
- To make something hard and stony by impregnating...
Ancestry of “calcify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | calcifier | to calcify |
| 2 | French | calcium | calcium |
| 3 | English | calcium | The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “calcify”
- calcification
- calcific
- decalcification
- microcalcification
- recalcification
- fibrocalcific
- biocalcification
- calcifier
- macrocalcification
- biocalcify
- calcifiability
- calcifiable
- recalcify
- procalcific
- biocalcifying
- mictocalcification
- anticalcific
- anticalcification
- hypercalcification
- hypocalcification
- osteocalcification
- overcalcification
- procalcification