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Where does “faktor” come from?

faktor (Swedish) comes from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

faktor (Swedish): a printer, the manager of a print shop; a factor

Definitions

  1. a printer, the manager of a print shop; a factor

Ancestry of “faktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
2Latinfaciō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “faktor”

  • substratfaktor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →