The story
- Latin · derived frompetra“stone”
- English todaypetrifact
From Latin petra (“stone”) + (arte)fact.
Words from the same roots
Latinpetra all →
pierpetrapetrifypetrarypetrescentpetricolouspetro-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
petrifact
Today it means: An object made of stone, especially one formed from petrifaction. Full definition →
Latin petra