Where does “edifier” come from?
edifier (Middle French) comes from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre, from Latin aedēs, from Proto-Italic aiðes, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éydʰ-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eydʰ- — to ignite; fire.
edifier (Middle French): to build
Ancestry of “edifier”, step by step