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Where does “faire” come from?

faire (Occitan) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

faire (Occitan): to do; to make

Definitions

  1. to do; to make

Ancestry of “faire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciō—
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “faire”

  • far
  • fer
  • desfar
  • fan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →