phosphorize

phosphorize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English phosphor
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English phosphorize

    From phosphor + -ize.

    Verb

    phosphorize (third-person singular simple present phosphorizes, present participle phosphorizing, simple past and past participle phosphorized)

    1. (transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorate.

    Derived terms

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