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

  1. defect; disfigured

Ancestry of “defet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdeffet
2Old Frenchdesfaitundone
3Old Frenchdesfaireto undo; to defeat
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciōto do
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōriusory
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “defet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor