Etymology

petrification

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Today it means: Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained. Full definition →

French pétrification ← Middle French pétrifier
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  1. Middle French · derived frompétrifier
  2. French · derived frompétrification
  3. English todaypetrification

From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchpétrifier all →

petrify

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