English
rigidize
From rigid + -ize.
Formed from rigid + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-
Proto-Italic *rigēō
Latin rigeō ‘to be stiff’
Latin rigidus ‘stiff’
Middle English rigide
English rigid
Today it means
verb Synonym of rigidify.
Sources
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Etymograph / rigidize