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Where does “façonnier” come from?

façonnier (French) comes from French façon, from Middle French façon, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

façonnier (French): A person who works in the fashion business

Definitions

  1. A person who works in the fashion business

Ancestry of “façonnier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
2Middle Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
3Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
4Latinfactiō—
5Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →