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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

  1. Attractively, beautifully

Ancestry of “featously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfeatousneat; clever; nimble
2Middle Englishfetis—
3Old Frenchfetiswell made, fine
4Latinfactīcius—
5Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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