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Where does “facínora” come from?

facínora (Portuguese) comes from Latin facinora, from Latin facinus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

facínora (Portuguese): thug

Definitions

  1. thug

Ancestry of “facínora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfacinoranominative plural of facinus; accusative plural...
2Latinfacinusdeed, action, doing; especially crime,...
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 →