Where does “contrefaçon” come from?
contrefaçon (French) comes from French façon, from Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
contrefaçon (French): counterfeit; forgery; counterfeiting; forgery
Definitions
- counterfeit; forgery; counterfeiting; forgery
Ancestry of “contrefaçon”, step by step
contrefaçon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French façon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 2 | Middle French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 3 | Old French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 4 | Latin | factiō | a political faction, a group of people acting together |
| 5 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via French contrefaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contrefaire | to forge, counterfeit; to imitate, mimic; to... |
| 2 | Old French | contrefaire | to counterfeit |
| 3 | Latin | contrāfaciō | counterfeit |