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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

  1. The state of extreme shock or astonishment; A...

Ancestry of “stupefaction”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchstupéfaction—
2Latinstupefaciō—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →