effect

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
3. Proto-Italic*eks
4. Latinex
5. Latinex-
6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
9. Proto-Italic*θakjō
10. Proto-Italic*fakjō
11. Latinfaciō
12. Latinefficiō
13. Latineffectu
14. Old Frencheffect
15. Middle Englisheffect
16. Englisheffect
17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
19. Proto-Italic*eks
20. Latinex
21. Latinex-
22. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
24. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
25. Proto-Italic*θakjō
26. Proto-Italic*fakjō
27. Latinfaciō
28. Latinefficiō
29. Latineffectus
30. Medieval Latineffectuō
31. Middle Englisheffecten
32. English todayeffect

Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.

Words from the same roots