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Where does “forger” come from?

forger (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricāre, from French fabriquer, from Latin fabricō, from Latin fābrica, from Latin faber, from Proto-Italic faβros, from Proto-Italic θaβros.

forger (Anglo-Norman): Alternative form of forgier

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of forgier

Ancestry of “forger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchforgierto forge
2Latinfabricāre—
3Frenchfabriquerto make; to create; to do, a more polite than...
4Latinfabricō—
5Latinfābrica—
6Latinfaberartisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker,...
7Proto-Italicfaβroscraftsman
8Proto-Italicθaβros—
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