Where does “fa” come from?
fa (Middle English) comes from Italian fà, from Italian fare, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
fa (Middle English): Alternative form of fo
Ancestry of “fa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | fà | Misspelling of fa; Misspelling of fa' |
| 2 | Italian | fare | to do; to make; to provoke |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |