The story
- Latin · derived fromsal“salt”
- French · derived fromsalifier
- English todaysalify
From French salifier; from Latin sal (“salt”) + -ficare (“to make”) (only in comparative). See -fy.
Words from the same roots
Latinsal all →
cellarsalsalinesalamisalersalogensalt cellarsal volatile
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.