- ramify
- 1541, "branch out," from M.Fr. ramifier (1314), from M.L. ramificare, from L. ramus "branch" (related to radix "root;" see radish) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Ramification in literal sense is first recorded 1677, from Fr.; transf. sense of "outgrowth, consequence" first recorded 1755.