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Where does “facticity” come from?

Facticity derives from English fact, from Latin factum (thing done), from Latin facio (to do or make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to put or place).

facticity (English): The quality or state of being a fact; In...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being a fact; In...

Ancestry of “facticity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icityUsed to form nouns, denoting a quality or...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →