The story
- Latin · derived fromclārificō, clārificāre
- Old French · derived fromclarifiier
- Middle English · inherited fromclarifien
- English todayclarify
From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishclarifien all →
clarified butter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.