myEtymology.com: English etymology of counterfeiting

Etymology of the English word counterfeiting

the English word counterfeiting

derived from the English word counterfeit

derived from the Old French word contrefait

derived from the Old French word contrefaire

derived from the Latin word contrafacere (act against; counterfeit, forge, fake)

derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-

using the Latin prefix contra-

derived from the Latin word contra

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)