Where does “purificar” come from?

purificar (Spanish) comes from Latin pūrificō, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

purificar (Spanish): to purify, refine

Definitions

  1. to purify, refine

Ancestry of “purificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūrificōto purify (ritually)
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 →