nidify
Meaningto make a nest
Common meaning: to build a nest
- nida nestLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1206 · scan
- ifyverb ending: to make
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin nīdus ‘a nest’.
Roots
- nīdus, -ī Latin “a nest”
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