Where does “tumefacio” come from?

tumefacio (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.

tumefacio (Latin): I cause to swell, tumefy; I swell, puff up or...

Definitions

  1. I cause to swell, tumefy; I swell, puff up or...

Ancestry of “tumefacio”, step by step

tumefacio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin tumeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintumeōto be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell
2Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tumefacio”

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