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Where does “fesance” come from?

fesance (Old French) comes from Old French faire, 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.

fesance (Old French): act; deed; action

Definitions

  1. act; deed; action

Ancestry of “fesance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfaireto do
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “fesance”

  • nonfeasance
  • feasance
  • tortfeasance
  • tortfesance
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