ramify
pronunciation
How to pronounce ramify in British English:
UK ['ræmɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce ramify in American English:
US [ˈræməˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- have or develop complicating consequences
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Word Origin
- ramify
- ramify: [16] Ramify has no connection with rams. It comes ultimately from Latin rāmus ‘branch’, which probably goes back to the same source as produced Latin rādīx ‘root’ (ancestor of English radical and radish) and English root. From it was derived the medieval Latin verb rāmificāre, which passed into English via Old French ramifier.=> radical, radish
- ramify (v.)
- early 15c., "branch out," from Middle French ramifier (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin ramificare "to form branches," from Latin ramus "branch" (see ramus) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ramified; ramifying.