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Where does “stupefacere” come from?

stupefacere (Latin) comes from Latin stupefacio, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

stupefacere (Latin): present active infinitive of stupefaciō

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of stupefaciō

Ancestry of “stupefacere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstupefacioI make, or become, stupid, senseless or numb; I...
2LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
3Proto-Italicfakjōto make
4Proto-Italic*θakjō—
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “stupefacere”

  • stupefare
  • stupefazione
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