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Where does “defectus” come from?

defectus (Latin) comes from Latin deficio, 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.

defectus (Latin): failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect

Definitions

  1. failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect

Ancestry of “defectus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindeficioI withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,...
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “defectus”

  • defect
  • deficient
  • immunodeficient
  • indefectible
  • deficiently
  • deficience
  • defectology
  • defectless
  • indefectibly
  • defectible
  • nondeficient
  • defectious
  • redefect
  • undeficient
  • haplodeficient
  • deficientness
  • phosphodeficient
  • defects
  • biodeficient
  • fido
  • hyperdeficient
  • self-deficient
  • deficientia
  • deficiens
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