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