Etymology

vaporize

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Today it means: To turn into vapor. Full definition →

English vapor ← Middle English vapour ← Old French vapor
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*kwapōs
  2. Latinvapor
  3. Old Frenchvapeur
  4. Old Frenchvapor
  5. Middle Englishvapour
  6. Englishvapor
  7. English todayvaporize

From vapor + -ize.

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