Where does “faxen” come from?
faxen (German) comes from Italian faxare, from Russian факс, from Spanish fax, from English fax, from English facts, from English fact, from English factness, from English -ness.
faxen (German): to fax
Definitions
- to fax
Ancestry of “faxen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | faxare | to fax |
| 2 | Russian | факс | fax |
| 3 | Spanish | fax | fax |
| 4 | English | fax | The hair of the head; A fax machine or a document... |
| 5 | English | facts | plural of fact |
| 6 | English | fact | Something actual as opposed to invented;... |
| 7 | English | factness | The quality of being based on facts; The quality... |
| 8 | English | -ness | Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the... |
| 9 | Middle English | -nesse | Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns... |
| 10 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |