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Where does “dewikify” come from?

dewikify (English) comes from English wikify, 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.

dewikify (English): To remove wiki markup formatting, such as...

Definitions

  1. To remove wiki markup formatting, such as...

Ancestry of “dewikify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwikifyTo adapt to the standards and facilities of an...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →