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

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

Ancestry of “dignify”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	dignifier	—
2	Late Latin	dignificare	—
3	Latin	dīgnus	appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming
4	Proto-Italic	degnos	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	dḱ-nós	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	deḱ-	take; perceive

Words derived from “dignify”

dignification
undignify
dignifiable
overdignify

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