-ify

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

Suffix

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

Origin

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.

Forms

-ifies -ifying -ified -fy

Synonyms

-ise -ize

Related

-faction -ficance -ificance -ficant -ificant -fication -ification -fic -ific -fier -ifier -ate be- em- en-