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Where does “faena” come from?

faena (Spanish) comes from Old Catalan faena, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

faena (Spanish): task, job; duty; compulsory labour or work; dirty...

Definitions

  1. task, job; duty; compulsory labour or work; dirty...

Ancestry of “faena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalanfaenatask, chore
2Latinfaciendanominative feminine singular of faciendus;...
3Latinfacienduswhich is to be done or made
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “faena”

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