Etymology

palification

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Today it means: The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. Full definition →

Latin palus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompalus“a stake”
  2. English todaypalification

From Latin palus (“a stake”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). Compare French palification. See -fy.

Words from the same roots

Latinpalus all →

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