Where does “infectest” come from?
infectest (English) comes from English infect, from Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
infectest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “infectest”, step by step
infectest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infect | To bring into contact with a substance that... |
| 2 | Middle French | infect | — |
| 3 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 4 | Latin | īnficiō | to dip, to dunk, to submerge |
| 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 | — |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |