From Latin "res" for "thing" and "facere" for "to make", reification can be loosely translated as "thing-making"; the turning of something abstract into a concrete thing or object.
From Latin "res" ("thing ") and -"fication ", a suffix related to"facere " ("to make "). Format Thus"reification " can be loosely translated as"thing-making"; the turning of something abstract into a concrete thing or object.