factotum的词源

英文词源

factotum

factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac, the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘all’ (source of English total). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its current role as an ordinary noun.
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factotum (n.)

"one who does all kinds of work for another," 1560s, from Medieval Latin factotum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "to make, do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total (adj.)).

中文词源

factotum：事务总管

fac-,做，词源同fact. totum,总的，词源同total. 用来指事务总管。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：factotum 词源，factotum 含义。

factotum：杂役，佣人

来源于拉丁语中动词facere(做,作)的祈使形式fac和形容词totum(所有的,--英语total的词源)组合成的短语,其原始意义为“做所有的事”。

词根词缀： -fac-做,作 + totum所有的