Etymograph

English

rigidification

From rigid + -ification.

A compound of rigid + -ification

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-

Proto-Italic *rigēō

Latin rigeō ‘to be stiff’

Latin rigidus ‘stiff’

Middle English rigide

English rigid

Today it means

noun The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.

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

Etymograph / rigidification