做   Faire   to Do  

fait ('deed'): feat (haut fait), fact, factual (factuel)
fait accompli ('accomplished fact'): fait accompli
faisable (doable): feasible (réalisable), feasibility (praticabilité)
affaire ('[something] to do'): affair (affaire, liaison)
laissez-faire ('let things be done [by themselves]'): laissez-faire
facteur ('doer'): factor, factory (fabrique), factorial (factorielle), to factorize (mettre en facteurs)
faction ('a doing', 'taking part'): faction, factious (factieux), factitious (factice)
facile ('doable', easy): facile, to facilitate (faciliter), facility (facilité), facilities (aménagements, infrastructures)
faculté ('ability to make'): faculty
facultatif ('which may be done'): facultative
factotum ('one who makes everything'): factotum ⇨ Entier: Whole

affecter ('to act upon', to touch, to assign): to affect, affectation (affectation), affecting (touchant), affected (affecté)
affection ('being touched'): affection, affectionate (affectueux), affective (affectif)
confection ('making together'): confection, to confect (confectionner), confectionery (confiserie)
contrefait ('made like', imitated): counterfeit, counterfeiting (contrefaçon), counterfeiter (contrefacteur)
défaite ('undoing', failure, defeat): defeat, defeasance (abrogation), defeasible (annulable), defect (déficience, défaut), defective (défectueux), defection (défection), deficient (déficient), deficiency (déficience), deficit (déficit)
effet ('outcome'): effect, effectual (probant), to effectuate (effectuer), effective (efficace, effectif, réel, en vigueur), effectiveness (efficacité, effet), efficacy (efficacité), efficacious (efficace), efficient (efficient, efficace), efficiency (efficacité, compétence)
forfait ('done beyond', 'trespassing'): forfeit, forfeiture (retrait, déchéance)
infecter ('to put in', 'to taint'): to infect, infection (infection), infectious (infectieux), infective (contagieux), to disinfect (désinfecter), disinfectant (désinfectant), disinfection (désinfection)
officier ('to do towards'): officer (officier, fonctionnaire), office (office, fonction, bureau), official (officiel), officious (officieux), officiant (officiant)
parfait ('thoroughly made'): perfect, perfection (perfection), perfectible (perfectible)
préfet ('placed before'): prefect, prefecture (préfecture), prefectorial (préfectoral)
profit ('progress made'): profit, profitable (profitable), proficient (compétent),
profiteur ('profit taker'): profiteer
refaire ('to remake'): refection ('light meal', réfection, collation), refectory ('room for meals in a community', réfectoire)
surfait ('done above', exaggerated): surfeit (satiété), to surfeit (dégoûter)

⇨ Ã‰volution phonétique: Phonetic evolution

fac-similé ('make thou like'): facsimile, fax (télécopie) ⇨ Semblable: Same
bienfait ('good deed'): benefaction ⇨ Bien: Good
clarifier ('to make clear'): to clarify ⇨ Lumière: Light
déifier ('to make god'): to deify ⇨ Dieu: God
édifier ('to make a home'): to edify ⇨ Contruire: to Build
falsifier ('to make wrong'): to falsify ⇨ Faux: Wrong
fortifier ('to make strong'): to fortify ⇨ Fort: Strong
justifier ('to make right'): to justify ⇨ Juste: Right
lignifier ('to make as wood'): to lignify ⇨ Bois: Wood
magnifier ('to make large'): to magnify ⇨ Grand: Big
malfaisance ('evil deed'): malfeasance ⇨ Mal: Bad
manufacture ('hand making'): manufacture ⇨ Main: Hand
mortifier ('to cause death'): to mortify ⇨ Mort: Death
ossifier (to turn to bone): to ossify ⇨ Os: Bone
pétrifier ('to turn into stone'): to petrify ⇨ Pierre: Stone
putréfier ('to make rotten'): to putrefy
satisfaire ('to make enough'): to satisfy
simplifier ('to make simple'): to simplify ⇨ Un: One
stupéfier ('to make amazed'): to stupefy ⇨ Stupéfier: to Amaze
unifier ('to make as one') to unify ⇨ Un: One
vérifier ('to make true'): to verify ⇨ Vrai: True
vivifier ('to make alive'): to vivify ⇨ Vie: Life

Es hacer (to do), hacienda ('thing to be done', 'ranch', hacienda), factor (factor), fácil (easy), facultad (faculty), oficina (office), perfecto (perfect)
It fare (to do), fatto (fact), fattore (factor), facile (easy), facoltà (faculty), ufficio (office), uffizio (religious office), perfetto (perfect)

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震 Trembler: to Shake
噎 Étrangler: to Choke
把 持 Tenir: to Hold
拿 Prendre: to Take
驯 馴 Dompter: to Tame
搁 Mettre: to Put, to Send
摆 Poser: to Set
示 Montrer: to Show
压 Presser: to Squeeze
拉 Tirer: to Pull
绷 Tendre: to Stretch
断 Rompre: to Break
缚 縛 Attacher: to Fasten
吊 Pendre: to Hang
做 Faire: to Do
藏 Cacher: to Hide
保 Garder: to Keep
叠 Plier: to Fold
屈 Voûter: to Bend
拧 Tordre: to Twist
切 Tailler: to Cut
投 Jeter: to Throw
打 Coup: Strike

© Renaud Bouret