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Where does “dapifex” come from?

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

dapifex (Latin): a servant who prepares food

Definitions

  1. a servant who prepares food

Ancestry of “dapifex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-fexdenotes maker or performer
2Proto-Italic-faks-maker, -producer
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