Where does “unbrutify” come from?
unbrutify (English) comes from English brutify, 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.
unbrutify (English): To make no longer brutish; to tame or civilize
Definitions
- To make no longer brutish; to tame or civilize
Ancestry of “unbrutify”, step by step
unbrutify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brutify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brutify | To make like a brute; to make senseless or... |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |