Where does “malfaisance” come from?
malfaisance (French) comes from French malfaire, from Latin malefacere, from Latin malefacio, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
malfaisance (French): wrongdoing
Definitions
- wrongdoing
Ancestry of “malfaisance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | malfaire | do wrong |
| 2 | Latin | malefacere | present active infinitive of malefaciō |
| 3 | Latin | malefacio | I do evil or harm; I injure |
| 4 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 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 | — |