The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeh₁-“to do, put, place”
- Proto-Italic · derived from*-fakos
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sweyd-“sweat; to sweat”
- New Latin · derived fromsudorificus
- English todaysudorific
From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (“sweat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“sweat; to sweat”)) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos (suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*sweyd- all →
exudesudate
Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁- all →
dofactfeaturethemethesissacrificedeemparenthesisepithetdofffetialunwisdom
First known use, by meaning
- from early 17th c. That produces sweating.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.