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Where does “nonfactor” come from?

nonfactor (English) comes from English factor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

nonfactor (English): Something which is not a factor, or does not play...

Definitions

  1. Something which is not a factor, or does not play...

Ancestry of “nonfactor”, step by step

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