Where does “defet” come from?
defet (Middle English) comes from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
defet (Middle English): defect; disfigured
Definitions
- defect; disfigured
Ancestry of “defet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | deffet | — |
| 2 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 3 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |