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
- to redefeat
Ancestry of “redéfaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | défaire | to take down, take apart, dismantle; to undo,... |
| 2 | Middle French | desfaire | to undo; to undo; to untie |
| 3 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 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 | — |