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Where does “fesance” come from?

fesance (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French faisance, from Old French faisant, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

fesance (Anglo-Norman): act; deed; action

Definitions

  1. act; deed; action

Ancestry of “fesance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfaisanceaction, deed, enactment
2Old Frenchfaisant—
3Old Frenchfaireto do
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →