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Where does “subfeature” come from?

subfeature (English) comes from English feature, from Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factura, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.

subfeature (English): A feature that makes up part of a larger feature

Definitions

  1. A feature that makes up part of a larger feature

Ancestry of “subfeature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeatureOne's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily...
2Middle EnglishfetureOne's form or bodily profile; the overall...
3Anglo-NormanfetureAlternative form of faiture
4Old Frenchfaitureaction; act; method; way; manner; form;...
5Latinfacturaa making, manufacture; a thing that has been...
6Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →