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Fashion

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a popular style of dress or behavior at a given time, or to make or shape something
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Stage 1 of 4
facere
Latin · ancient
"to make, to do"
to make, to do
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Stage 2 of 4
factio
Latin · ancient
"a making, a manner of making"
a making, a manner of making, from facere
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Stage 3 of 4
facon
Old French · medieval
"the way something is made or styled"
carried into French for the way something is made or styled
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Stage 4 of 4
fashion
English · 1300s
"a popular style, or to make or shape something"
settled as the English word for a popular style, or to make something
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