Etymology

faitour

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Today it means: A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. Full definition →

Middle English faytour ← Anglo-Norman faitour ← Latin factor, factōrem
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfactor, factōrem
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromfaitour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfaytour
  4. English todayfaitour

From Middle English faytour, from Anglo-Norman faitour (cognate with Old French faitor (“doer, maker”), from Latin factor, factōrem, from facere (“do, make”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.