infect
/ˌɪnˈfekt/in-FEKT
/ˌɪnˈfɛkt/in-FEKT
Meaningmade into, stained
Common meaning: to pass a disease to
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- fectto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘to make’ → infect
Journey through time
- Latininfectus‘stained, tainted’source
- Englishinfect‘to pass a disease to’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin faciō ‘to make’.
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
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