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Where does “fetis” come from?

fetis (English) comes from Old French fetis, from Latin factīcius, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

fetis (English): neat; pretty; well made; graceful

Definitions

  1. neat; pretty; well made; graceful

Ancestry of “fetis”, step by step

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