Where does “gentrifier” come from?
gentrifier (English) comes from English gentrify, from English -fy, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.
gentrifier (English): An agent of gentrification
Definitions
- An agent of gentrification
Ancestry of “gentrifier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | gentrify | to renovate or improve something, especially... |
| 2 | English | -fy | Alternative form of -ify |
| 3 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 4 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 8 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “gentrifier”