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Where does “-fex” come from?

-fex (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -faks — -maker, -producer.

-fex (Latin): denotes maker or performer

Definitions

  1. denotes maker or performer

Ancestry of “-fex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-faks-maker, -producer

Words derived from “-fex”

  • artifice
  • carnifex
  • artificed
  • aedifex
  • carnifex
  • aurificina
  • artificialis
  • artifex
  • panifex
  • inartificialis
  • aurifex
  • aurificem
  • artificium
  • artificiale
  • aurificium
  • dapifex
  • offex
  • mellifex
  • retifex
  • signifex
  • artificio
  • artificialmente
  • orebce
  • artificial
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