Where does “redéfaire” come from?

redéfaire (French) comes from French défaire, from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

redéfaire (French): to redefeat

Definitions

  1. to redefeat

Ancestry of “redéfaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéfaireto take down, take apart, dismantle; to undo,...
2Middle Frenchdesfaireto undo; to undo; to untie
3Old Frenchdesfaireto undo; to defeat
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciōto do
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōriusory
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor