Dutchify

English

Alternative forms

  • dutchify

Etymology

Etymology tree
English Dutch
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English Dutchify

    From Dutch + -ify.

    Verb

    Dutchify (third-person singular simple present Dutchifies, present participle Dutchifying, simple past and past participle Dutchified)

    1. To render more Dutch.
      Synonym: bedutch
      • 1834, John Brent, The Sea-Wolf, page 185:
        O yes, for he called out to his men in Dutchified French, and looked at me zowerswopped enough.

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