"factor" in seven languages
Meaningfactor
Spanish
factor
/fakˈtoɾ/
masc.learned
French
facteur
/faktœʁ/
masc.learned
Also the postman: le facteur.
Italian
fattore
/fatˈtore/
masc.learned
Also a farm manager; Italian turns ct into tt even in learned words.
Portuguese
fator
/faˈtoh/
masc.learned
Romanian
factor
/ˈfaktor/
masc.learned
Catalan
factor
/fəkˈtoɾ/
masc.learned
English
factor
/ˈfæktɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin FACTOR 'maker', partly via French
English → ItalianfactorfattoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FACTŌREM‘maker, doer’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
FACTOR was 'one who makes'. French also kept an older job sense: le facteur is the postman, a classic surprise.
English relatives: fact, factory, manufacture
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In a sentence
- esEl precio es un factor clave.
- frLe prix est un facteur clé.
- itIl prezzo è un fattore chiave.
- ptO preço é um fator fundamental.
- roPrețul este un factor esențial.
- caEl preu és un factor clau.
- enPrice is a key factor.
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