Where does “stupefaction” come from?
Stupefaction comes from Middle French stupéfaction, from Latin stupefacio meaning to make senseless, derived from Latin facio meaning to make, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning to do or put.
stupefaction (English): The state of extreme shock or astonishment; A...
Definitions
- The state of extreme shock or astonishment; A...
Ancestry of “stupefaction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | stupéfaction | — |
| 2 | Latin | stupefaciō | to make, or become, stupid, senseless or numb |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |