Where does “filacer” come from?
filacer (English) comes from Old English filace, from French filasse, from French -asse, from Old French -ace, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
filacer (English): A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
Definitions
- A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
Ancestry of “filacer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | filace | — |
| 2 | French | filasse | tow, oakum, hards; its distinctive bleak color;... |
| 3 | French | -asse | Suffix forming the first-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | -ace | Suffix used to form feminine, usually concrete... |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |