Etymograph

English

healthify

From health + -ify or healthy + -fy.

Formed from health + -ify

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy’

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Proto-Germanic *hailiþō ‘wholeness’

Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu ‘wholeness’

Old English hǣlþ

Middle English helthe ‘soundness’

English health

Today it means

verb To adapt (a recipe, etc.) in order to make it healthy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / healthify