Where does “défaite” come from?

défaite (French) comes from Middle French desfaicte, from Old French desfaite, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

défaite (French): defeat, loss

Definitions

  1. defeat, loss

Ancestry of “défaite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdesfaictedefeat
2Old Frenchdesfaitedefeat
3Old Frenchdesfaireto undo; to defeat
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciōto do
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōriusory
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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