Fic(e)

Morpheme

Fic(e)

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, somnific, soporific, specific, stratification, suffice, terrific

Notes

often misanalyzed as a suffix

See Also

Fac(e), Fact, Fy, Fect, Feit, Fit(e), Fait, Fease