Where does “old-fashioned” come from?
old-fashioned (English) comes from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
old-fashioned (English): Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue; Of a...
Definitions
- Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue; Of a...
Ancestry of “old-fashioned”, step by step
old-fashioned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fashion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fashion | A current trend, favored for frivolous rather... |
| 2 | Middle English | facioun | The way something looks or appears; physical... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | fechoun | — |
| 4 | Old French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 5 | Latin | factiō | a political faction, a group of people acting together |
| 6 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English old
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | old | Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having... |
| 2 | Middle English | ald | — |
| 3 | Old English | eald | old; ancient; original |
| 4 | Old English | feld | field |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |