Where does “stupefy” come from?
stupefy (English) comes from Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
stupefy (English): To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby...
Definitions
- To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby...
Ancestry of “stupefy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | stupéfier | — |
| 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 | — |