English
enforcive
From enforce + -ive.
Formed from enforce + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise, high, hill’
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Late Latin fortis ‘strong’
Late Latin infortiāre
Old French enforcier ‘to fortify’
Middle English enforcen
English enforce
Today it means
adj Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / enforcive