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Where does “fashiony” come from?

fashiony (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.

fashiony (English): Characteristic of the fashion industry

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of the fashion industry

Ancestry of “fashiony”, 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 →