English
graphitize
From graphite + -ize.
Formed from graphite + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to scratch, cut into’
German Graphit
English graphite
Today it means
verb To convert to graphite.
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Etymograph / graphitize