Etymology

reify

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Today it means: To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. Full definition →

Latin rēs
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrēs“thing”
  2. English todayreify

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).

Words from the same roots

Latinrēs all →

realreificationreismres judicata

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