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facio.

to do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈfa.ki.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]
  1. to do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing)

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
    Quid fēcī?
    Latrōcinium modo factum est.
  2. to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  3. to make, produce, compose

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  4. to appoint

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Inherited from Proto-Italic *fakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti (“to put, place”). Doublet of -ficō. The passive voice is suppletively provided by the etymologically unrelated fīō (“to become”).

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