Where does “dignify” come from?

Dignify comes from Old French dignifier, from Latin dignificare, combining Latin dignus with facere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-, meaning to make or do.

dignify (English): To invest with dignity or honour; To give...

Definitions

  1. To invest with dignity or honour; To give...

Ancestry of “dignify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdignifier—
2Late Latindignificare—
3Latindīgnusappropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming
4Proto-Italicdegnos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandḱ-nós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

Words derived from “dignify”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dḱ-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic degnos →