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Where does “Faktor” come from?

Faktor (German) comes from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Faktor (German): factor

Definitions

  1. factor

Ancestry of “Faktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “Faktor”

  • Hauptfaktor
  • Primfaktor
  • Kofaktor
  • Cofaktor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →