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treeify

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To turn into a tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1985: Lope de Vega (Spanish); Alan S. Trueblood & Edwin Honig (tr.), La Dorotea Pyramus is now no suicide, nor are all Daphnes treeified (Ya no se mata Píramo, Ni son las Dafnes árboles)

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English treeify From tree + -ify.