Etymology of the English word electrify
the English word
electrifyusing the English suffix
-ifyderived from the French suffix
-ifierderived from the Latin suffix
-ificarederived from the Latin word
ficarederived from the English word
electricderived from the Latin word
electricus (electric)
derived from the Latin word
electrum (electrum; amber; electron)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
using the English suffix
-fyderived from the Old French suffix
-fierderived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Derivations in English
electrified,
electrifyingUsage
Word found in Modern English
