English
fossilate
From fossil + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’
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Proto-Italic *foðjō ‘to pierce’
Latin fodio ‘to dig up’
Latin fossilis ‘something which has been dug up’
French fossile
English fossil
Today it means
verb To fossilize
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fossilate