təm 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; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin fac make, do (imperative of facere) + tōtum, neuter of tōtus all
1560–70; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin fac make, do (imperative of facere) + tōtum, neuter of tōtus all
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| —n | |
| a person employed to do all kinds of work | |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac! do! + tōtum, from tōtus (adj) all] | |
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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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