What is the English word for the Latin root word facere?
Facere ("to make") is the root word.In a Latin dictionary, you would usually see it completed with these forms :facis ("you make", singular)feci ("I have made")factum ("made").Note that this verb follows the normal rules to form the other tenses, but there is one exception. The imperative singular form is fac ("make!") instead of what the regular form would be, XXfaciXX. This verb is member of a group of 4 basic verbs that have an irregular imperative singular form, best to be remembered with this simple list :dic - duc - fac - fer("say!" from dicere, "lead!" from ducere, "make!" from facere, "bring!" from ferre).