fact

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeh₁-“to put, place, set”
2. Latin · derived fromfactum“an act, deed, feat, etc.”
3. Old French · derived fromfact
4. English todayfact

From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.

Words from the same roots