Etymology of the English word defeasance
the English word defeasance
derived from the Old French word defeasance
derived from the Old French word desfaire
derived from the Anglo-Norman word defesaunce
derived from the Old French word defesance
derived from the French word defaire
derived from the Medieval Latin word disfacere
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 dis-