Where does “defuzzify” come from?

defuzzify (English) comes from English fuzzify, from English -fy, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.

defuzzify (English): To subject to defuzzification

Definitions

  1. To subject to defuzzification

Ancestry of “defuzzify”, step by step

defuzzify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fuzzify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfuzzifyTo subject to fuzzification
2English-fyAlternative form of -ify
3English-ifyTo produce verbs meaning "to make"
4Middle English-ifien
5Old French-ifier
6Latin-ificoEnlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine...
7Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
8LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
9Proto-Italicfakjōto make
10Proto-Italic*θakjō
11Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeTo do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A...
2Chinese
3Mandarin德意志
4GermanDeutschGerman
5Old High Germandiutsch
6Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
7Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
8Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
9Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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