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Where does “infectus” come from?

infectus (Latin) comes from Latin īnficiō, 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.

infectus (Latin): not done, undone; unfinished; impossible

Definitions

  1. not done, undone; unfinished; impossible

Ancestry of “infectus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnficiō—
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 “infectus”

  • infect
  • infective
  • infecting
  • infectivity
  • antiinfective
  • reinfect
  • noninfective
  • infector
  • infectiveness
  • infectable
  • infectible
  • infecteth
  • coinfect
  • infecter
  • infectability
  • infectee
  • superinfect
  • noninfecting
  • autoinfect
  • uninfectable
  • infectress
  • infectest
  • superinfector
  • parainfective
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