Where does “defeten” come from?
defeten (Middle English) comes from Middle English defet, from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
Ancestry of “defeten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 2 | French | deffet | — |
| 3 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 4 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 5 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |