stonify
To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
Verb
- To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
- To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.
- To immobilize.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English stonify From stone + -ify.