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edificar (Verb) "to build" 13th cent. From Latin ædificare 'id.' from ædes "building" and facere "to make" (see hacer). Latin ædes is from Proto-Italic *aiþ- "hearth." From Proto-Indo-European *h₂i̯d^h- "to burn." Indo-European Romance Portuguese edificar, French édifier, Italian edificare Italic Oscan aídíl, Faliscan efiles, Volscan aidiles Celtic Old Irish áed "fire," Welsh aidd "ardor," Middle Breton oaz "jealousy" Germanic Old High German eit "pyre," Old English ād 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek αἴθειν (aít^hein) "to burn" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit édha- "firewood," -idh- "igniting" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.