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Where does “dulcify” come from?

dulcify (English) comes from Latin dulcifico, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

dulcify (English): To sweeten the taste of; To make sweeter or more...

Definitions

  1. To sweeten the taste of; To make sweeter or more...

Ancestry of “dulcify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindulcificoI make sweet, sweeten
2Latin-ficō—
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing
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