faitour

== English == === Alternative forms === faitor faytor [14th–17th c.] fayter [15th–16th c.] === Etymology === From Middle English faytour, from Anglo-Norman faitour (cognate with Old French faitor (“doer, maker”), from Latin factor, factōrem, from facere (“do, make”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeɪtə/ === Noun === faitour (plural faitours) (obsolete) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. == Middle English == === Noun === faitour (Late Middle English) alternative form of faytour == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin factor, from facere (“to do, to make”). === Noun === faitour oblique singular, m (oblique plural faitours, nominative singular faitours, nominative plural faitour) a layabout (one who does nothing) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: faytour, faitour, faytoure (Late Middle English), faytowre (Promptorium Parvulorum)English: faitour (obsolete) === References === faitour on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub