Where does “purifien” come from?

purifien (Middle English) comes from Old French purifier, from Latin pūrificō, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

Ancestry of “purifien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpurifier—
2Latinpūrificōto purify (ritually)
3Latin-ficōforms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify
4Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
5Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing

Words derived from “purifien”

Every word from Proto-Italic -fakos →Every word from Latin -ficō →Every word from Latin -ficus →
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