Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Something actual as opposed to invented. · Something which is real. · Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. · An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.
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