Where does “infectress” come from?
infectress (English) comes from English infector, from English infect, from Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
infectress (English): A female infector
Ancestry of “infectress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | infector | Something that infects; that which causes... |
| 2 | English | infect | To bring into contact with a substance that... |
| 3 | Middle French | infect | — |
| 4 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 5 | Latin | īnficiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |