Where does “faktotum” come from?

faktotum (Maltese) comes from Italian factotum, from New Latin factotum, from Latin fac, from Latin facēre.

faktotum (Maltese): factotum, jack of all trades

Definitions

  1. factotum, jack of all trades

Ancestry of “faktotum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfactotumAn individual employed to do all sorts of duties
2New Latinfactotum—
3Latinfacsecond-person singular present active imperative...
4Latinfacēre—
Every word from Latin facēre →