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Where does “forfait” come from?

forfait (Italian) comes from French forfait, from Old French forfait — crime.

forfait (Italian): lump sum, flat rate

Definitions

  1. lump sum, flat rate

Ancestry of “forfait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchforfaitcrime, infamy; flat rate, fixed rate; a package,...
2Old Frenchforfaitcrime
Every word from Old French forfait →