Etymology

ossify

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Today it means: To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals. Full definition →

French ossifier ← Latin os
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromos
  2. French · borrowed fromossifier
  3. English todayossify

Back-formation from ossification, or modeled on French ossifier and formed from Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ify.

Words from the same roots

Latinos all →

osossuaryoro--os-os clitoridisos coxaeos penisossatureossiferousossificossilegium

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