-ify

suffix

/ɪfaɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

derived from -ificō
derived from -ifier
inherited from -ifien

Definitions

Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

The neighborhood

synonym-ise
synonym-ize
neighbor-faction
neighbor-ficance
neighbor-ificance
neighbor-ficant
neighbor-ificant
neighbor-fication
neighbor-ification
neighbor-fic
neighbor-ific
neighbor-fier
neighbor-ifier
neighbor-ate

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA