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Where does “edificant” come from?

edificant (English) comes from Latin aedificans, from Latin aedificō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

edificant (English): building; constructing

Definitions

  1. building; constructing

Ancestry of “edificant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaedificansbuilding, erecting, establishing
2Latinaedificō—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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