Latin

Verb

fātor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of for
2. third-person singular future active imperative of for

References

• fator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• factor (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factor ‎(“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus ‎(“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō ‎(“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to put, place, set”). Compare feitor, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ˈtoɻ/

Noun

fator m (plural fatores)

1. factor; doer; maker
2. factor; influence
3. (mathematics) factor

Synonyms

• (maker): criador, fabricante
• (influence): causa, influência, condição

Related terms

• fato
• fatorial
• fazer
• feitor