Where does “laissez faire” come from?
laissez faire (Danish) comes from French laissez faire, from French laisser faire, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
laissez faire (Danish): laissez faire
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- laissez faire
Ancestry of “laissez faire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | laissez faire | Dated form of laisser-faire; second-person plural... |
| 2 | French | laisser faire | Let someone do as they please; To not intervene;... |
| 3 | French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 5 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |