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Where does “versifier” come from?

versifier (French) comes from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

versifier (French): to versify

Definitions

  1. to versify

Ancestry of “versifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchversifierto versify, to compose verses
2Latinversificāre—
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—

Words derived from “versifier”

  • versification
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