Where does “clarificar” come from?

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

clarificar (Portuguese): to clarify

Definitions

  1. to clarify

Ancestry of “clarificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclārificōto make illustrious or famous
2Latin-ficōforms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing
Every word from Proto-Italic -fakos →Every word from Latin -ficō →Every word from Latin -ficus →