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Where does “malhechor” come from?

malhechor (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish malfechor, from Latin malefactorem, from Latin malefaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

malhechor (Spanish): wrongdoer, malefactor, criminal

Definitions

  1. wrongdoer, malefactor, criminal

Ancestry of “malhechor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmalfechor—
2Latinmalefactoremaccusative singular of malefactor
3Latinmalefaciō—
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →