English
febrilize
From febrile + -ize.
Formed from febrile + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn, warm’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-ri-s
Proto-Italic *feɣʷris ‘fever’
Latin febris ‘fever’
Medieval Latin febrīlis ‘feverish’
English febrile
Today it means
verb To induce fever; to affect with fever.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / febrilize