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Where does “feature” come from?

Feature derives from Anglo-Norman feture, from Latin factura meaning "a making or fashioning," from factus, the past participle of Latin facio meaning "to make or do," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.

feature (English): One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily...

Definitions

  1. One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily...

Ancestry of “feature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfetureOne's form or bodily profile; the overall...
2Anglo-NormanfetureAlternative form of faiture
3Old Frenchfaitureaction; act; method; way; manner; form;...
4Latinfacturaa making, manufacture; a thing that has been...
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—

Words derived from “feature”

  • featured
  • featuring
  • featureless
  • featural
  • featurette
  • unfeatured
  • featurelessness
  • subfeature
  • microfeature
  • nonfeatured
  • defeatured
  • featuritis
  • multifeatured
  • featurism
  • misfeatured
  • nonfeature
  • featureful
  • disfeature
  • macrofeature
  • misfeature
  • telefeature
  • featurely
  • featurization
  • featurewise
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