Fic(e) [Fice, Fic]

Morpheme

Fic(e) [Fice, Fic]

Type

bound base

Denotation

make, do, create

Etymology

Latin -ficus and -ficere, from facere

Evidence

artifice, beatific, beneficial, benefice, deficient, difficult, edifice, efficacious, edifice, -fic, -fice, frigorific, honorific, -ific, -ifice, malefic, sacrifice, saponification, scientific, significance, significant, significavit, somnific, soporific, specific, stratification, suffice, terrific

Notes

often misanalyzed as a suffix

See Also

Fac(e) [Face, Fac], Fact, Fy, Fect, Feit, Fit(e) [Fite, Fit], Fait, Fease