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Where does “certificō” come from?

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

Ancestry of “certificō”, step by step

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