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Where does “factiousness” come from?

factiousness (English) comes from English factious, from Latin factiosus, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

factiousness (English): The state of being factious

Definitions

  1. The state of being factious

Ancestry of “factiousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfactiousOf, pertaining to, or caused by factions; Given...
2Latinfactiosusfactious, seditious
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →