Where does “factious” come from?
Factious comes from Latin factiosus, meaning inclined to form factions or seditious.
factious (English): Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions; Given...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions; Given...
Ancestry of “factious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | factiosus | factious, seditious |
| 2 | Latin | factiō | a political faction, a group of people acting together |
| 3 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |