Where does “factotum” come from?

factotum (Italian) comes from New Latin factotum, from Latin fac, from Latin facēre.

factotum (Italian): An individual employed to do all sorts of duties

Definitions

  1. An individual employed to do all sorts of duties

Ancestry of “factotum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinfactotum—
2Latinfacsecond-person singular present active imperative...
3Latinfacēre—

Words derived from “factotum”

Every word from Latin facēre →Every word from Latin fac →Every word from New Latin factotum →