ossify的词源

英文词源

ossify (v.)

1713, "to turn into bone," a back-formation from ossification, or else modeled on French ossifier (18c.) and formed from Latin os (genitive ossis) "bone" (see osseous) + -fy. Figurative sense is from 1858. Related: Ossified; ossifying.

中文词源

ossify：使骨化，僵化

oss-,骨头，-fy,使。即使骨化，引申词义僵化。

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