validify

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *walēō

Latin valeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin validusder.

Middle French validebor.

English valid

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 validify

From valid + -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɪdɪfaɪ/

Verb

validify (third-person singular simple present validifies, present participle validifying, simple past and past participle validified)

1. To validate.
   • 1977 February 5, Cynthia Adams, quotee, “Clark University Gays Block Ouster Attempt”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 32, page 4:

     I would have never come here, under the pretext of academic freedom, if I knew this humiliating meeting would ever be necessary. I refuse to have to validify myself as a human being to such a pretentious group of students.

Derived terms

• validification