Where does “réfectoire” come from?
réfectoire (French) comes from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere, from Latin reficio, from Latin facere, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.
réfectoire (French): refectory
Ancestry of “réfectoire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | refectorium | refectory; accusative singular masculine of... |
| 2 | Latin | reficere | present active infinitive of reficiō;... |
| 3 | Latin | reficio | I make over, make anew; remake, rebuild,... |
| 4 | Latin | facere | present active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |