## Examples
- The cathedral is a vast stone edifice towering over the old town.
- His new evidence threatened to topple the whole edifice of the theory.

## Related Forms
- edificant
- edification
- edificator
- edificatory
- edificial
- edifier
- edify
- edifyingly
- edifyingness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂eydʰ-
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: edifice
- Root: aedificium

## Etymology
From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).

## AI Etymology
Edifice is from Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify). Important recorded forms include *h₂eydʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), *dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), edifice (Middle English), and aedificium (Latin). Current senses include a building, especially a large and impressive one and a complex system of ideas, beliefs, or arguments. The wider family includes related words such as edificant, edification, edificator, edificatory, and edificial.

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