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Where does “desfazer” come from?

desfazer (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fazer, from Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

desfazer (Portuguese): to depreciate; to undo; to unfasten; to unpack

Definitions

  1. to depreciate; to undo; to unfasten; to unpack

Ancestry of “desfazer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefazerto make; to play; to pretend to be; to turn; to...
2Old Portuguesefazer—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →