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
- act; deed; action
Ancestry of “fesance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | faisance | action, deed, enactment |
| 2 | Old French | faisant | — |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |