Where does “edifice” come from?
Edifice comes from Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, from Latin aedificium, a noun formed with the suffix -ium from aedes meaning temple or dwelling, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.
edifice (English): A building; a structure; an architectural fabric,...
Definitions
- A building; a structure; an architectural fabric,...
Ancestry of “edifice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | edifice | — |
| 2 | Old French | edifice | — |
| 3 | Latin | aedificium | building, edifice, structure |
| 4 | Latin | aedificō | to build, erect, establish |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |