An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Verbal form of → compactification.

See also: Compactify, from → compact + -ify
“cause to become,” M.E. -fien, from O.Fr. -fier,
from L. -ficare, root of facere “to make, do;” PIE base *dhe- “to put, to do” (cf. Skt. dadhati
“puts, places;” Av. dadaiti “he puts,” O.Pers. ada “he made,” Gk. tithenai “to put, set, place.”