myEtymology.com: English etymology of codification

Etymology of the English word codification

the English word codification

derived from the English word code

derived from the Old French word code

derived from the Latin word codex (trunk of tree; piece, block of wood)

derived from the Latin word caudex (trunk of tree; piece, hunk of wood)

derived from the Juridical Latin word codex

using the English suffix -fication