英语词汇ossify的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ossify
词源	ossify v. 1713, intransitive, "to harden like bone, become bone;" 1721, intransitive, "convert to bone;" a back-formation from ossification, or else modeled on French ossifier (18c.) and formed from Latin os (genitive ossis) "bone" (from PIE root ost- "bone") + -fy. Figurative sense "become rigid and fixed" (of thought, customs, etc.) is by 1858. Related: Ossified; ossifying. Entries linking to ossify* ossification n. 1690s, "the formation of bones," from Latin ossis "of bones," genitive of os "bone" (from PIE root ost- "bone") + -fication "a making or causing." From 1705 as "a bony formation." It is recorded earlier than ossify. ost- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "bone." It forms all or part of: osseous; ossicle; ossuary; ossifrage; ossify; osteo-; osteology; osteopathy; ostracism; ostracize; oyster; periosteum. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit asthi, Hittite hashtai-, Greek osteon "bone," Greek ostrakon "oyster shell," Avestan ascu- "shinbone," Latin os (genitive ossis) "bone," osseus "bony, of bone," Welsh asgwrn, Armenian oskr, Albanian asht "bone." -fy word-forming element meaning "make, make into," from French -fier, from Latin -ficare, combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). updated on October 06, 2019
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