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Where does “rigidification” come from?

rigidification (English) comes from English rigid, from Latin rigiditas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

rigidification (English): The process of becoming rigid, stiff or...

Definitions

  1. The process of becoming rigid, stiff or...

Ancestry of “rigidification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrigidStiff, rather than flexible; Fixed, rather than...
2Latinrigiditasstiffness, rigidity; hardness
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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