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Where does “contrahacer” come from?

contrahacer (Spanish) comes from Spanish hacer, from Old Spanish fazer, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

contrahacer (Spanish): to counterfeit, to fake or imitate; to pretend to...

Definitions

  1. to counterfeit, to fake or imitate; to pretend to...

Ancestry of “contrahacer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhacerto do; to make; to be
2Old Spanishfazer—
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—
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