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Where does “fasanta” come from?

fasanta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic fasan, from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō.

fasanta (Scottish Gaelic): fashionable, modish, stylish

Definitions

  1. fashionable, modish, stylish

Ancestry of “fasanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicfasanfashion
2EnglishfashionA current trend, favored for frivolous rather...
3Middle EnglishfaciounThe way something looks or appears; physical...
4Anglo-Normanfechoun—
5Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
6Latinfactiō—
7Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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