Etymograph

English

lithifaction

From lith- + -i- + -faction.

Formed from lith- + -i- + -faction

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘stone’

English lith-

Today it means

noun Synonym of lithification (“the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock”).

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