Morpheme
Fic(e) [Fice, Fic]
Type
bound base
Denotation
make, do, create
Etymology
(1) Latin -ficus and -ficere, from facere; (2) Latin -ficis and -ficēs, from -fex, from facere and/or fāre
Evidence
aedificichnia, artifice, beatific, benefice, beneficial, bideficient, biodeficient, carnifices, deficiency, deficient, deficiently, deficientness, deficit, difficult, edifice, edifice, efficacious, -fic, -fice, frigorific, haplodeficient, honorific, hyperdeficient, -ific, -ifice, immunodeficient, indeficiency, indeficient, insufficiency, insufficient, malefic, multideficient, nondeficient, phosphodeficient, pontificate, pontifices, pseudodeficient, sacrifice, saponification, satisfice, satisficer, scientific, significance, significant, significavit, somnific, soporific, specific, stratification, suffice, sufficience, sufficiency, sufficient, sufficiently, terrific, undeficient
Notes
often misanalyzed as a suffix
See Also
F, Fac(e) [Face, Fac], Fact, Fy, Fait, Fect, Feit, Fit(e) [Fite, Fit], Fease, Feat, Fash
