Where does “prefica” come from?
prefica (Italian) comes from Latin praefica, from Latin praeficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
prefica (Italian): wailer; whiner, moaner
Definitions
- wailer; whiner, moaner
Ancestry of “prefica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praefica | A woman hired to lament at the head of a funeral... |
| 2 | Latin | praeficio | I place in command |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |