Where does “featously” come from?
featously (English) comes from English featous, from Middle English fetis, from Old French fetis, from Latin factīcius, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
featously (English): Attractively, beautifully
Definitions
- Attractively, beautifully
Ancestry of “featously”, step by step
featously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English featous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | featous | neat; clever; nimble |
| 2 | Middle English | fetis | neat; pretty; well made; graceful |
| 3 | Old French | fetis | well made, fine |
| 4 | Latin | factīcius | made by art, artificial, factitious |
| 5 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |