Where does “feiner” come from?
feiner (German) comes from Catalan feina, from Old Catalan faena, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
feiner (German): comparative degree of fein
Definitions
- comparative degree of fein
Ancestry of “feiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | feina | work, job |
| 2 | Old Catalan | faena | task, chore |
| 3 | Latin | facienda | nominative feminine singular of faciendus;... |
| 4 | Latin | faciendus | which is to be done or made |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “feiner”