"factour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /fakˈtuːr/, /ˈfaktur/ Forms: factours [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour Borrowed from Middle French facteur and Anglo-Norman factour, and their etymon Latin factor (“maker”). Thus a doublet of faytour; first attested in 1432. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|frm:facteur&lt;ety:bor&lt;la:factor&gt;&gt;|:bor|xno:factour&lt;ety:bor&lt;la:factor&gt;&gt;|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin factorbor. Middle French facteurbor. ▲ Latin factorbor. Anglo-Norman factourbor. Middle English factour [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to do, make", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to make", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*θakjō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*dʰh₁kyéti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁k-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*fakjō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "faciō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "masculine agent noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "factor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "facteur", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":af", "3" : "faciō<t:to do, make>", "4" : "-tor<pos:masculine agent noun suffix>", "text" : "+", "title" : "factor", "tree" : "1" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "factor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "factour", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "factour", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="factour">, {{bor+|enm|frm|facteur}} Borrowed from Middle French facteur, {{bor|enm|xno|factour}} Anglo-Norman factour, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|enm|la|factor|t=maker}} Latin factor (“maker”), {{doublet|enm|faytour|nocap=1}} doublet of faytour, {{etydate|1432|nocap=1}} first attested in 1432 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} factour, {{enm-noun}} factour (plural factours)
  1. A commission agent; a merchant who engages in commerce on behalf of another. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-factour-enm-noun-5NQKNlH1 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Business, Household, People Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 34 44 16 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 29 44 16 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 30 46 17 8 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 47 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 51 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 30 47 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 51 13 4 Disambiguation of Business: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Household: 68 20 12 Disambiguation of People: 51 0 49
  2. (Early Scots) Any representative of another (especially as a steward of an estate) Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-factour-enm-noun-UNS-~3S9 Categories (other): Early Scots
  3. (rare) A perpetrator or actor; someone who does something. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-factour-enm-noun-boDbuCXr Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 51 0 49

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti\nProto-Italic *θakjō\nProto-Italic *fakjō\nLatin faciō\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin factorbor.\nMiddle French facteurbor.\n▲\nLatin factorbor.\nAnglo-Norman factourbor.\nMiddle English factour\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"to do, make\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"to make\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*θakjō\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*dʰh₁kyéti\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"do\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*dʰeh₁-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*dʰeh₁k-\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yéti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*fakjō\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"faciō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tōr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-tōr\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"masculine agent noun suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"factor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"facteur\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" }, { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"la\", \"2\" : \":af\", \"3\" : \"faciō<t:to do, make>\", \"4\" : \"-tor<pos:masculine agent noun suffix>\", \"text\" : \"+\", \"title\" : \"factor\", \"tree\" : \"1\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"factor\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Anglo-Norman\", \"term\" : \"factour\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"xno\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"factour\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" }\" data-lang=\"enm\" data-title=\"factour\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "facteur"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle French facteur",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "factour"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman factour",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etymon"
      },
      "expansion": "etymon",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "factor",
        "t": "maker"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin factor (“maker”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "faytour",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of faytour",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1432",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "first attested in 1432",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti\nProto-Italic *θakjō\nProto-Italic *fakjō\nLatin faciō\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nLatin factorbor.\nMiddle French facteurbor.\n▲\nLatin factorbor.\nAnglo-Norman factourbor.\nMiddle English factour\nBorrowed from Middle French facteur and Anglo-Norman factour, and their etymon Latin factor (“maker”). Thus a doublet of faytour; first attested in 1432.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "factours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "factour",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "factour (plural factours)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A commission agent; a merchant who engages in commerce on behalf of another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commission agent",
          "commission agent"
        ],
        [
          "merchant",
          "merchant"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "commerce",
          "commerce"
        ],
        [
          "behalf",
          "behalf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Early Scots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any representative of another (especially as a steward of an estate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "representative",
          "representative"
        ],
        [
          "another",
          "another"
        ],
        [
          "steward",
          "steward#English"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Early Scots",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Scots) Any representative of another (especially as a steward of an estate)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A perpetrator or actor; someone who does something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perpetrator",
          "perpetrator"
        ],
        [
          "actor",
          "actor"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A perpetrator or actor; someone who does something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fakˈtuːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaktur/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "factour"
}

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