Etymology

feature

fea·ture
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Today it means: One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions. Full definition →

Middle English feture ← Anglo-Norman feture ← Old French faiture
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰeh₁-“to do, put, place, set”
  2. Latin · derived fromfaciō“do, make”
  3. Latin · derived fromfactus
  4. Latin · derived fromfactūra
  5. Old French · derived fromfaiture
  6. Anglo-Norman · derived fromfeture
  7. Middle English · inherited fromfeture
  8. English todayfeature

From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.

Words from the same roots

Latinfactūra all →

facture

Latinfactus all →

-facture

Latinfaciō all →

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Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁- all →

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