Where does “contraffattore” come from?
contraffattore (Italian) comes from Italian fattore, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
contraffattore (Italian): forger, counterfeiter
Ancestry of “contraffattore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fattore | factor, element; factor; maker |
| 2 | Latin | factor | One who or which does or makes something; doer,... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |