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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-fy, suffix. - -fy is found in loanwords from Latin and is attached to roots to form verbs with the meanings "to make;
cause to be;
render'':pure + -fy → purify (= to make pure);simple + -fy → simplify (= to make simple);liquid + -fy → liquefy (= to make into a liquid). - -fy is also used to mean "cause to conform to'':citify (= cause to conform to city ways).
Compare -ify. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -fy suffix forming verbs - to make or become: beautify, simplify, liquefy
Etymology: from Old French -fier, from Latin -ficāre, verbal ending formed from -ficus -fic FY, - Businessfiscal year.
-fy, - a verbal suffix meaning "to make,'' "cause to be,'' "render'' (simplify;
beautify);
"to become,'' "be made'' (liquefy). The suffix was introduced into English in loan words from Old French (deify), but is also used in the formation of new words, usually on a Latin root (reify).
- Old French -fier Latin -ficāre to do, make
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