Where does “fâcheusement” come from?
fâcheusement (French) comes from French fâcheux, from French fâcher, from Middle French fascher, from Latin fastus, from Latin fas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
fâcheusement (French): irritatingly; annoyingly
Ancestry of “fâcheusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fâcheux | annoying; irritating; unfortunate; regrettable |
| 2 | French | fâcher | to annoy, to vex; to get angry, fall out |
| 3 | Middle French | fascher | to anger; to enrage |
| 4 | Latin | fastus | allowed; A day on which courts sat; court... |
| 5 | Latin | fas | dictates of religion, divine law , or an... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂os | utterance, saying |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |