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Where does “fashionmonger” come from?

fashionmonger (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.

fashionmonger (English): One who slavishly follows the latest fashions

Definitions

  1. One who slavishly follows the latest fashions

Ancestry of “fashionmonger”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →