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Where does “rigide” come from?

rigide (Middle English) comes from Latin rigidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

Ancestry of “rigide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrigidusstiff, rigid, hard, inflexible; stern, strict,...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “rigide”

  • rigid
  • rigidity
  • rigidly
  • nonrigid
  • semirigid
  • rigidness
  • rigidification
  • rigidify
  • rigidifier
  • overrigid
  • nonrigidity
  • subrigid
  • unrigid
  • rigidize
  • superrigid
  • rigidise
  • superrigidity
  • multirigid
  • rigidulous
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