Etymology

feat

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Today it means: A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment. Full definition →

Middle English [Term?] ← Anglo-Norman fet ← Old French fait
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feat · noun, adjective, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromfactum
  2. Old French · derived fromfait
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromfet“action, deed”
  4. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
  5. English todayfeat

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact.

feat · verb, noun2

Clipping of feature. See also the abbreviation feat.

Words from the same roots

Latinfactum all →

factfactum

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