vitrify
Meaningto make glass
Common meaning: to turn into glass
- vitrglass; also woadLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2000 · scan
- ifyverb ending: to make
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin vitrum ‘glass; also woad’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vitrum, p. 2000 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vitrum, -ī Latin “glass; also woad”
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