Etymology of the English word lignify
the English word
lignifyusing the English prefix
ligni-derived from the Latin word
lignum (the Cross; staff, cudgel; wood thing, part, writing-tablet; wood; firewood; trunk)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the English suffix
-fyderived from the Old French suffix
-fierderived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Derivations in English
lignified,
lignifyingUsage
Word found in Modern English
