factotum
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
tot-
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
factotum
a person hired to do all sorts of work; handyman
杂役, 打杂的人
Dissection of factotum
factotum = fac (do; make; cause) + tot- (whole, extended further to mean everything) + -um (Latin suffix for noun in singular neuter form);
factotum = a person who does everything;
a person hired to do everything
Now Repeat my Dissection
factotum = a person who does everything;
a person hired to do everything
Important roots for this word:
fac
tot-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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