Where does “salificare” come from?
salificare (Italian) comes from Romanian salifica, from French salifier, from French -ifier, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.
salificare (Italian): to salify
Definitions
- to salify
Ancestry of “salificare”, step by step
salificare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian salifica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | salifica | to salify, turn into salt |
| 2 | French | salifier | to salify, turn into salt |
| 3 | French | -ifier | -ify |
| 4 | Latin | -ficō | forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify |
| 5 | Latin | -ficus | Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -fakos | -making, -producing |
via Italian sale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |