faccenda etymology

Italian word faccenda comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, and later Proto-Italic *fakiō (To make.)

Detailed word origin of faccenda

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*fakiō Proto-Italic (itc-pro) To make.
facio Romanian (ron)
facio Latin (lat) I appoint.. I do. I make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect. I make, produce, compose.
hacer Spanish (spa) (reflexive) to become; to get. (reflexive) to get used to. To do, to make. To play (a part in a play).
faccenda Italian (ita) (plural) housework, household chores. Issue, matter, affair, business, thing. Thing to do; task, labour.

Words with the same origin as faccenda

Descendants of *dʰeh₁-
affare azienda biblioteca calcio costume credere credito difficile effetto faccia facile famiglia familiare fare fatta fatto festa festeggiare fiera perfetto solito superficie udienza zio