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Where does “contrefaire” come from?

contrefaire (French) comes from Old French contrefaire, from Latin contrāfaciō.

contrefaire (French): to forge, counterfeit; to imitate, mimic; to...

Definitions

  1. to forge, counterfeit; to imitate, mimic; to...

Ancestry of “contrefaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcontrefaireto counterfeit
2Latincontrāfaciō—

Words derived from “contrefaire”

  • contrefacteur
Every word from Latin contrāfaciō →