Etymology

opalize

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Today it means: To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form. Full definition →

English opal ← French opale ← Latin opalu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upéri
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*upári
  4. Sanskritउ॒परि॑ (upári)
  5. Sanskritउपल (upala)
  6. Medieval Greekὀπάλλιος (opállios)
  7. Latinopalu
  8. Frenchopale
  9. Englishopal
  10. English todayopalize

From opal + -ize.

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