Where does “dulcifier” come from?

dulcifier (French) comes from Latin dulcifico, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

dulcifier (French): to soften

Definitions

  1. to soften

Ancestry of “dulcifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindulcificoI make sweet, sweeten
2Latin-ficōforms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing

Words derived from “dulcifier”

Every word from Proto-Italic -fakos →Every word from Latin -ficō →Every word from Latin -ficus →