Where does “prettification” come from?
prettification (English) comes from English prettify, 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.
prettification (English): The act of making someone or something pretty
Definitions
- The act of making someone or something pretty
Ancestry of “prettification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prettify | To make pretty or prettier, to make more... |
| 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 |