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Where does “fah” come from?

fah (English) comes from English fa, from Middle English fa, from Italian fà, from Italian fare, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

fah (English): Alternative form of fa

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fa

Ancestry of “fah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaA syllable used in solfège to represent the...
2Middle EnglishfaAlternative form of fo
3ItalianfàMisspelling of fa; Misspelling of fa'
4Italianfareto do; to make; to provoke
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 →