Where does “malefactor” come from?
malefactor (Late Latin) comes from Latin malefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
malefactor (Late Latin): wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor
Definitions
- wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor
Ancestry of “malefactor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | malefaciō | to do evil or harm |
| 2 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |