-fic


  1. a combining form meaning “making,” “producing,” “causing,” appearing in adjectives borrowed from Latin: frigorific; honorific; pacific; prolific.

Origin of -fic

1
<Latin -ficus making, producing, equivalent to -fic- (combining form of facere to make) + -us adj. suffix; in some words replacing -fique<Middle French <Latin -ficus

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-fic

suffix forming adjectives
  1. causing, making, or producing: honorific

Origin of -fic

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from Latin -ficus, from facere to do, make

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