Where does “prosifier” come from?
prosifier (English) comes from English prosify, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō — to do, put, place.
prosifier (English): One who prosifies
Definitions
- One who prosifies
Ancestry of “prosifier”, step by step
prosifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prosify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prosify | To convert or translate into prose; To make... |
| 2 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 3 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 7 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |