Where does “laissez faire” come from?
laissez faire (French) comes from French laisser faire, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
laissez faire (French): Dated form of laisser-faire; second-person plural...
Definitions
- Dated form of laisser-faire; second-person plural...
Ancestry of “laissez faire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | laisser faire | Let someone do as they please; To not intervene;... |
| 2 | French | faire | to do |
| 3 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |