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Where does “défaiseur” come from?

défaiseur (French) comes from French défaire, from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

défaiseur (French): agent noun of défaire; undoer

Definitions

  1. agent noun of défaire; undoer

Ancestry of “défaiseur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéfaireto take down, take apart, dismantle; to undo,...
2Middle Frenchdesfaireto undo; to undo; to untie
3Old Frenchdesfaireto undo; to defeat
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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