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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

factor.

maker; perpetrator (of a crime); player (in a ballgame);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfak.tɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈfak.tor]

  1. One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.

    declension-3 · masculine
    Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, factórem cæli et terræ

  2. player, batsman

    declension-3 · masculine
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 Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factor From faciō (“to do, make”) + -tor (masculine agent noun suffix).

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