Where does “fetișist” come from?
fetișist (Romanian) comes from French fétichiste, from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
fetișist (Romanian): fetishist
Definitions
- fetishist
Ancestry of “fetișist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fétichiste | fetishistic; fetishist |
| 2 | French | fétiche | fetish, idol; amulet; fetish |
| 3 | Portuguese | feitiço | feigned, false; witchcraft, sorcery; amulet,... |
| 4 | Latin | factīcius | made by art, artificial, factitious |
| 5 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |