Where does “tort-faiseur” come from?

tort-faiseur (Old French) comes from Old French faiseur, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

Ancestry of “tort-faiseur”, step by step

tort-faiseur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French faiseur

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	faiseur	doer
2	French	faire	to do
3	Middle French	faire	to do; to make; to choose; to elect
4	Old French	faire	to do
5	Latin	faciō	to do
6	Latin	-torium	nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7	Latin	-tōrius	ory
8	Latin	-tor	-er
9	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
10	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

via Old French tort

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	tort	wrong; misdeed
2	Latin	tortum	nominative neuter singular of tortus; accusative...
3	Latin	tortus	twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

via Old French fesor

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	fesor	doer

Words derived from “tort-faiseur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →