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Where does “feasance” come from?

feasance (English) comes from Anglo-Norman fesance, from Old French faisance, from Old French faisant, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

feasance (English): the performing of an act, especially out of one's...

Definitions

  1. the performing of an act, especially out of one's...

Ancestry of “feasance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanfesanceact; deed; action
2Old Frenchfaisanceaction, deed, enactment
3Old Frenchfaisant—
4Old Frenchfaireto do
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—

Words derived from “feasance”

  • nonfeasance
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