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Where does “sanctifier” come from?

sanctifier (French) comes from Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

sanctifier (French): to sanctify

Definitions

  1. to sanctify

Ancestry of “sanctifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsanctificarepresent active infinitive of sānctificō;...
2LatinsanctificoI consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or...
3Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
4LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
5Proto-Italicfakjōto make
6Proto-Italic*θakjō—
7Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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