Where does “nitrifier” come from?

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

nitrifier (French): to nitrify

Definitions

  1. to nitrify

Ancestry of “nitrifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ifier-ify
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 “nitrifier”

Every word from Proto-Italic -fakos →Every word from Latin -ficō →Every word from French -ifier →