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Where does “purifiier” come from?

purifiier (Old French) comes from Latin purifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “purifiier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpurificoI purify; I clean or cleanse
2Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
3LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
4Proto-Italicfakjōto make
5Proto-Italic*θakjō—
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “purifiier”

  • purify
  • purifier
  • purifieth
  • copurify
  • repurify
  • purifiable
  • immunopurify
  • unpurifiable
  • purifien
  • purifyen
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