![]() technical : to slowly change (something, such as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time. ![]() It petrifies terrifies me to think of how close we came to dying. Tags within the post: etymology of Peter, etymology of Pietro, etymology of Pedro, etymology of Pierre, etymology of Pierce, etymology of Pearson, etymology of Parkin, etymology of Perkin, etymology of petrify, etymology of petro-, etymology of petroleum, etymology of petrol, etymology of petrolatum, etymology of petrology, etymologie de Pierre, origin of Peter, origin of Pietro, origin of Pedro, origin of Pierre, origin of Pierce, origin of Pearson, origin of Parkin, origin of Perkin, origin of petrify, origin of petro-, origin of petroleum, origin of petrol, origin of petrolatum, origin of petrology. + object : to make (someone) very afraid. ![]() Antonyms loosen sensitize sensitise conditional 3. 'ptrfa' make rigid and set into a conventional pattern. Surnames: Pierce, Pearson, Parkin, Perkin etcĬommon words: petrify, petro-, petroleum, petrol, petrolatum, petrology. Register for the Daily Good Word E-Mail! - You can get our daily Good Word sent directly to you via e-mail in either HTML or Text format.The proper name Peter derives from the Greek name P etros from p etra (stone, rock πέτρα) implying the endurance and steadiness of the character (steady as a rock). (Let's not petrify Jackie Strauss of Philadelphia, a frequent contributor to this series, by forgetting to thank her for today's richly historical Good Word.) This is also why the Roman Catholic Pope claims to be the sole successor to Saint Peter. He'-rpos, a rock a name given to the apostle by Christ see John i. In Cornish folklore, petrification legends explain the origin of. Jesus' disciple bore this Greek name, which is why Jesus claimed that Peter would be the rock upon which His church would be built. Albus Dumbledore on petrification Petrification is the process of being turned to stone. Greek also had a masculine noun, pétros "rock, stone", which served as a man's name, Peter. Latin apparently borrowed petra from Greek pétra. Facere goes back to PIE root dhe-/dho "to set, put", an origin it shares with English do and German tun. Word History: Today's Good Word was borrowed from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone", a verb based on the Latin noun petra "rock, crag" + -ficare, the combining form of facere "to make, do". It made its way into English through the French ptrifier, which can be traced back to the Greek ptra. In Play: The basic meaning of today's word is "to turn into stone": "The Petrified Forest National Park features entire tree trunks that have been petrified over the ages." However, it is metaphorically used to indicate extreme fear: "The first time I went through a car wash inside the car, I was petrified." Petrified is the adjective form of the verb to petrify. Petrescent "becoming stone" is a first cousin. Anything that may be petrified is petrifiable. Rarer adjectives are petrifactive "causing petrifaction". We may also use the participles as adjectives: petrifying and petrified. ![]() The action noun is petrification and the personal noun is petrifier. Notes: Today's verb comes with a large extended family. (Transitive) Change into stone or make hard, or (intransitive) to become stone or hard. ![]()
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