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Where does “fatorial” come from?

fatorial (Portuguese) comes from New Latin factorialis, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

fatorial (Portuguese): factorial

Definitions

  1. factorial

Ancestry of “fatorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinfactorialis—
2LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
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—

Words derived from “fatorial”

  • multifatorial
  • factorial
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →