-fic

1. a combining form meaning “making,” “producing,” “causing,” appearing in adjectives borrowed from Latin:

   frigorific; honorific; pacific; prolific.

-fic

suffix forming adjectives

1. causing, making, or producing

   honorific

Word History and Origins

Origin of -fic¹

< Latin -ficus making, producing, equivalent to -fic- (combining form of facere to make) + -us adj. suffix; in some words replacing -fique < Middle French < Latin -ficus

Word History and Origins

Origin of -fic¹

from Latin -ficus , from facere to do, make

Example Sentences

The FIC has called for what it describes as a National Inclusion Strategy to help people struggling with debts, and to give people support to access basics like a current account.

From BBC

The ensuing battle is a slice of straight-up action movie fan fic, pitting Trinity from “The Matrix” movies against an ace fighter with a vendetta a la “Kill Bill” – except, again, this is “Star Wars.”

From Salon

What those countless desperate fic patrons had come to him for, what reduced Zeke to salivary fits, and what the archive itself deduced about his own needs after everything he’d given to it, knowingly or not.

From Slate

Many of the stories cross over between these; where AO3 fics tend to focus on the relationships between characters, Wattpad has a reputation for reader-insert romance fic written by and targeted toward teens, no doubt fueled by its growing acceptability in newer generations of writers and readers.

From The Verge

In general, better attitudes toward women’s sexuality and queer people have meant there’s less fear in admitting to reading or writing fic.

From The Verge