Where does “défaire” come from?
défaire (French) comes from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
défaire (French): to take down, take apart, dismantle; to undo,...
Definitions
- to take down, take apart, dismantle; to undo,...
Ancestry of “défaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | desfaire | to undo; to undo; to untie |
| 2 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |