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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la faciō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈfɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''īnficiō''' (present infinitive īnficere, perfect active īnfēcī, supine īnfectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[in-]] “in” and [[faciō]] “to do, make”, literally “to put in”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of dyeing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to dip in a dye, to stain, as in Plautus, and in Ovid to discolour, stain with blood.^(OLD 2012) In Virgil it meant to impregnate with a substance or smell, and to taint, poison, infect.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to make a stain sink in, figuratively.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to stain, pollute, infect, dip.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''īnfectus'' gave [[en|infect]] in the late 14th century, and its noun ''īnfectiō'' gave [[en|infection]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of dyeing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of poisoning, infecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of staining with blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''infect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|dye]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To discolour, [[m|en|stain]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To impregnate (with a substance).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To taint, poison, [[m|en|infect]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[īnfectiō]]
+ * [[infectīuus]]
+ * [[īnfector]]
+ * [[infectrix]]
+ * [[īnfectus]]
+ * [[inficiscō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[afficiō]]
+ * [[cōnficiō]]
+ * [[dēficiō]]
+ * [[efficiō]]
+ * [[faciō]]
+ * [[interficiō]]
+ * [[officiō]]
+ * [[perficiō]]
+ * [[praeficiō]]
+ * [[prōficiō]]
+ * [[en|infect]]
+ * [[en|infection]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}