Where does “somnifacient” come from?

somnifacient (English) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

somnifacient (English): Inducing or causing sleep; Any pharmaceutical...

Definitions

  1. Inducing or causing sleep; Any pharmaceutical...

Ancestry of “somnifacient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →