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Where does “fatsoen” come from?

fatsoen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch fatchoen, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

fatsoen (Dutch): decency, propriety; model, design, shape

Definitions

  1. decency, propriety; model, design, shape

Ancestry of “fatsoen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchfatchoen—
2Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
3Latinfactiō—
4Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “fatsoen”

  • onfatsoenlijk
  • fatsoenlijk
  • fatsoensrakker
  • fatsoen
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