Where does “salify” come from?
salify (English) comes from French salifier, from French -ifier, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.
salify (English): To react so as to form a salt; To combine or...
Definitions
- To react so as to form a salt; To combine or...
Ancestry of “salify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | salifier | to salify, turn into salt |
| 2 | French | -ifier | -ify |
| 3 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 4 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |
Words derived from “salify”