Where does “artırıcı” come from?
artırıcı (Turkish) comes from Turkish -ici, from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی, from Proto-Turkic *-gučï — Forms professions from verbs.
artırıcı (Turkish): enhancer, booster, intensifier
Definitions
- enhancer, booster, intensifier
Ancestry of “artırıcı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | -ici | Suffix creating adjectives and/or (sometimes occupational) nouns directly from transitive verbs: -ive, -ous, -er |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـیجی | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-gučï | Forms professions from verbs |