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Where does “hyperfactorial” come from?

hyperfactorial (English) comes from English factorial, from English factor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

hyperfactorial (English): The result of multiplying a given number of...

Definitions

  1. The result of multiplying a given number of...

Ancestry of “hyperfactorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfactorialThe result of multiplying a given number of...
2EnglishfactorA doer, maker; a person who does things for...
3Middle Frenchfacteur—
4LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →