English
lucrific
Lucrific comes from Latin lucrificus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElucrificus
- Englishtodaylucrific
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElucrificus
- Englishtodaylucrific
A compound of lucrum ‘gain’ + facere ‘to make’
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- ‘profit, gain’
Proto-Indo-European *lh₂utlom
Proto-Italic *luklom
Latin lucrum ‘gain’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
Latin faciō ‘to make’
Every English word from Latin lucrificus
Today it means
adj Producing profit
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lucrificus / lucrific