Etymology

lignify

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Today it means: To become wood. Full definition →

Latin līgnum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlīgnum“wood”
  2. English todaylignify

From Latin līgnum (“wood”) + -ify.

Words from the same roots

Latinlīgnum all →

ligninlignumligniformligniperdouslignivorousligno-lignum vitae

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