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fac⋅to⋅tum

[fak-toh-tuhm]
–noun
1. a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
2. any employee or official having many different responsibilities.

Origin:
1560–70; < ML, equiv. to L fac make, do (impv. of facere) + tōtum, neut. of tōtus all
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fac·to·tum   (fāk-tō'təm)   
n.  An employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of capacities.

[Medieval Latin factōtum : Latin fac, imperative of facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots + Latin tōtum, everything, from neuter of tōtus, all; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.]
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factotum 
1566, from M.L. fac totum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total).
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