The story
- Latin · derived fromfacere“to make”
- Latin · derived fromcontra-“against”
- Old French · derived fromcontrefait
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromcountrefait
- Middle English · inherited fromcounterfeit
- English todaycounterfeit
From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.
Words from the same roots
Latinfacere all →
feasiblespinifexabortifacientfactivechylifactiondeltaficationomnific
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.