Where does “ֆետիշ” come from?
ֆետիշ (Armenian) comes from Russian фетиш, from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
ֆետիշ (Armenian): fetish
Ancestry of “ֆետիշ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | фетиш | fetish |
| 2 | French | fétiche | fetish, idol; amulet; fetish |
| 3 | Portuguese | feitiço | feigned, false; witchcraft, sorcery; amulet,... |
| 4 | Latin | factīcius | — |
| 5 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |