Etymology of the English word fossilize
the English word
fossilizederived from the English word
fossilderived from the French word
fossilederived from the Latin word
fossilis (dug up, out; fossil-)
derived from the Latin word
fossusderived from the Latin word
fodere (to dig; dig, dig out, up)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhedh- (to dig, to pierce)
using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Derivations in English
fossilized,
fossilizingUsage
Word found in Modern English
