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Where does “mineralization” come from?

Mineralization comes from English mineral plus the English suffix -ize, from Old French mineral and Old French -ation, from Latin -atio and -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.

mineralization (English): A form of fossilization in which the organic...

Definitions

  1. A form of fossilization in which the organic...

Ancestry of “mineralization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmineralAny naturally occurring inorganic material that...
2Frenchminéralmineral
3GermanMineralmineral
4Medieval Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
5Latinmineramine; vein; mineral
6Middle Frenchminiereunderground passage or area
7Middle French-ierAlternative form of -er
8Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
9Latin-āre—
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
14Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “mineralization”

  • demineralization
  • biomineralization
  • remineralization
  • demineralisation
  • remineralisation
  • hypomineralization
  • hypermineralization
  • permineralization
  • organomineralization
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