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Where does “contrefaisance” come from?

contrefaisance (Old French) comes from Old French contrefaire, from Latin contrāfaciō.

Ancestry of “contrefaisance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcontrefaireto counterfeit
2Latincontrāfaciō—

Words derived from “contrefaisance”

  • counterfesance
Every word from Latin contrāfaciō →