Where does “-ificar” come from?

-ificar (Spanish) comes from Latin -ificere, 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.

-ificar (Spanish): -ify, -fy

Definitions

  1. -ify, -fy

Ancestry of “-ificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ificere—
2LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
3Proto-Italicfakjōto make
4Proto-Italic*θakjō—
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-ificar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →