Etymology

sulfurize

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Today it means: To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide. Full definition →

English sulfur ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre
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The story

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. English todaysulfurize

From sulfur + -ize.

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