Where does “counterfeiting” come from?

Counterfeiting derives from Old French countrefait, the past participle of contrefaire, meaning to make in imitation or fraudulently reproduce.

counterfeiting (English): present participle of counterfeit; The act of one...

Definitions

  1. present participle of counterfeit; The act of one...

Ancestry of “counterfeiting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcounterfeitFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive...
2Old Frenchcontrefaireto counterfeit
3Latincontrāfaciōcounterfeit

Words derived from “counterfeiting”

Every word from Latin contrāfaciō →Every word from Old French contrefaire →Every word from English counterfeit →