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Where does “featured” come from?

Featured comes from Middle English -ed (past participle suffix) added to feature, which derives from Latin factura meaning a making or fashioning, from factus the past participle of facere meaning to make or do.

featured (English): displayed with special treatment; Having features...

Definitions

  1. displayed with special treatment; Having features...

Ancestry of “featured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeatureOne's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily...
2Middle EnglishfetureOne's form or bodily profile; the overall...
3Anglo-NormanfetureAlternative form of faiture
4Old Frenchfaitureaction; act; method; way; manner; form;...
5Latinfacturaa making, manufacture; a thing that has been...
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—

Words derived from “featured”

  • unfeatured
  • nonfeatured
  • multifeatured
  • misfeatured
  • underfeatured
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