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Where does “onfatsoenlijk” come from?

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

onfatsoenlijk (Dutch): indecent, improper; obscene, vulgar

Definitions

  1. indecent, improper; obscene, vulgar

Ancestry of “onfatsoenlijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfatsoenlijkdecent
2Dutchfatsoendecency, propriety; model, design, shape
3Middle Dutchfatchoen—
4Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
5Latinfactiō—
6Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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