-ify
suff.（后缀）
suff.（后缀）
- Variant of -fy
-fy的变体
-ify
suffix forming verbs
a variant of -fy ⇒
intensify
Derived Forms
-ification suffix forming nouns-ify
Word Origin
1
variant of -fy after a consonant:
intensify.
Origin
Middle English -ifien < Middle French -ifier < Latin -ificāre, equivalent to -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
Related Words
- acetify
- acidify
- Anglify
- basify
- chondrify
- clarify
-ifyvariant of -fy, used when the preceding stem or word element ends in a consonant, as in intensify.
[-i-1 + -fy]-ify
verb suffix
verb suffix
ETYMOLOGY Middle English -ifien, from Anglo-French -ifier, from Latin -ificare, from -i- + -ficare -fy
: -fy-ify
variant of suffix -fy used with stem endings in -i. In modern formations in English the -i- sometimes is regarded erroneously as part of the affix.
-ify
[Verb] cause:
[Verb] cause:
specify
-i·fy
\əˌfī\ verb suffix
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificare, from -i- + -ficare -fy
: -fy
-ify-fy
Suffix
- To produce verbs meaning to make.
Etymology
From French -ifier, from Latin -ificere, from linking vowel i + verb ficere, "make" or "do", combining form of facere.
Synonyms
Related terms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ify