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Where does “fetishizable” come from?

fetishizable (English) comes from English fetishize, from English fetish, from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

fetishizable (English): That can be fetishized

Definitions

  1. That can be fetishized

Ancestry of “fetishizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfetishizeTo make the subject of obsession; To make into a...
2EnglishfetishSomething which is believed to possess, contain,...
3Frenchfétichefetish, idol; amulet; fetish
4Portuguesefeitiçofeigned, false; witchcraft, sorcery; amulet,...
5Latinfactīcius—
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—
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