Where does “malefaciō” come from?

malefaciō (Latin) comes 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.

malefaciō (Latin): to do evil or harm

Definitions

to do evil or harm

Ancestry of “malefaciō”, step by step

malefaciō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	faciō	to do
2	Latin	-torium	nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3	Latin	-tōrius	ory
4	Latin	-tor	-er
5	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

via Latin male

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	male	badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly
2	Latin	malus	unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
3	Ancient Greek	μηλέα	apple tree
4	Ancient Greek	μῆλον	apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5	Proto-Indo-European	(s)meh₁l-	small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “malefaciō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →