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Where does “stupéfaction” come from?

stupéfaction (French) comes from Middle French stupéfaction, from Latin stupefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

stupéfaction (French): amazement

Definitions

  1. amazement

Ancestry of “stupéfaction”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchstupéfaction—
2Latinstupefaciō—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →