Where does “unfactitious” come from?
unfactitious (English) comes from English factitious, from Latin factītius, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
unfactitious (English): Not factitious
Definitions
- Not factitious
Ancestry of “unfactitious”, step by step
unfactitious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English factitious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | factitious | Created by humans; artificial; Counterfeit,... |
| 2 | Latin | factītius | — |
| 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 | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |