Etymology

modificate

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Latin modificāt-
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modificate · verb1

  1. Latin · learned borrowing frommodificāt-
  2. English todaymodificate

Learned borrowing from Latin modificāt-, the past participial stem of modificō.

modificate · verb2

  1. Latin · derived frommodificō
  2. English todaymodificate

Back-formation from modification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish modificar and Italian modificare, from Latin modificō.

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