Where does “factum” come from?

factum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

factum (Latin): fact, deed, act, doing; achievement; accusative...

Definitions

  1. fact, deed, act, doing; achievement; accusative...

Ancestry of “factum”, step by step

factum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Latin facēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfacēre

Words derived from “factum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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