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Where does “fash” come from?

fash (English) comes from English fashionable, from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō.

fash (English): To worry; to bother, annoy; To trouble oneself;...

Definitions

  1. To worry; to bother, annoy; To trouble oneself;...

Ancestry of “fash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfashionableCharacteristic of or influenced by a current...
2EnglishfashionA current trend, favored for frivolous rather...
3Middle EnglishfaciounThe way something looks or appears; physical...
4Anglo-Normanfechoun—
5Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
6Latinfactiō—
7Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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