Etymology

stonify

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Today it means: To petrify (as a mineral, to harden). Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English stone
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  4. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stain
  6. Old Englishstān
  7. Middle Englishston
  8. Englishstone
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Italic*θakos
  11. English todaystonify

From stone + -ify.

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