8 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
verb branch out like trees
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- Proto-Italic *arðōs Old Latin arbos Latin arbor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English arborize From Latin arbor (“tree”) + English -ize.
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