radioactivate

radioactivate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin radiusder.
French radio-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvusbor.
Old French actif
French actif
French radioactifbor.
English radioactive
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English radioactivate

    From radioactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

    Verb

    radioactivate (third-person singular simple present radioactivates, present participle radioactivating, simple past and past participle radioactivated)

    1. To make something radioactive.

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