Where does “tortfeasor” come from?
Tortfeasor derives from Anglo-Norman tortfeasor, from Old French torzfesor, combining tort from Latin tortum, the past participle of torquere meaning to twist or wring.
tortfeasor (English): A person who commits a tort
Definitions
- A person who commits a tort
Ancestry of “tortfeasor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | tortfeasor | — |
| 2 | Old French | tort-faiseur | — |
| 3 | Old French | faiseur | doer |
| 4 | French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 6 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |