English
goodify
From good + -ify.
Formed from good + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, be associated, suit’
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‘good’
Proto-West Germanic *gōd ‘good’
Old English gōd ‘good’
Middle English good
English good
The story
Of the second sense, coined in reference to the phrase the only good nigger is a dead nigger, a popular saying among white supremacists.
Today it means
verb To make good; to improve.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / goodify