Where does “malfacer” come from?

malfacer (Galician) comes from Galician facer, from Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

malfacer (Galician): to cause harm

Definitions

  1. to cause harm

Ancestry of “malfacer”, step by step

malfacer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician facer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfacerto do, make; to cook, prepare; to cause to
2Old Portuguesefazer
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Galician mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmalbadly; misfortune; bad; evil
2Latinmanuālishand
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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