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Where does “fashional” come from?

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

fashional (English): fashionable

Definitions

  1. fashionable

Ancestry of “fashional”, step by step

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