Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo build, construct. · To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
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- Root classification mention*h₂eydʰ-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*dʰeh₁-ine-pro
- Unspecified derivation mentionedifierfro
- Unspecified derivation mentionaedificarela
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