Where does “forfeiture” come from?
Forfeiture comes from Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture, from Old French forfaire.
forfeiture (English): A legal action whereby a person loses all...
Definitions
- A legal action whereby a person loses all...
Ancestry of “forfeiture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | forfeture | crime; punishment |
| 2 | Old French | forfaiture | violation of a feudal duty; fine |
| 3 | Old French | forfaire | to forfeit; to commit a crime; to cause to... |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |