Where does “malfaire” come from?
malfaire (French) comes from Latin malefacere, from Latin malefacio, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
malfaire (French): do wrong
Definitions
- do wrong
Ancestry of “malfaire”, step by step
malfaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin malefacere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | malefacere | present active infinitive of malefaciō |
| 2 | Latin | malefacio | I do evil or harm; I injure |
| 3 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin malefaciō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | malefaciō | to do evil or harm |