-fy

a verbal suffix meaning “to make,” “cause to be,” “render” ( simplify; beautify ); “to become,” “be made” ( liquefy ). The suffix was introduced into English in loan words from Old French ( deify ), but is also used in the formation of new words, usually on a Latin root ( reify ).

Origin:
< Old French -fier ≪ Latin -ficāre to do, make

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—*suffix forming verbs*
	to make or become: beautify; simplify; liquefy

[from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, verbal ending formed from -ficus-fic]

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