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Where does “lubrifier” come from?

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

lubrifier (French): to lubricate

Definitions

  1. to lubricate

Ancestry of “lubrifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ifier-ify
2Latin-ficō—
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing

Words derived from “lubrifier”

  • lubrification
  • lubrifia
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