Roots/*dʰeh₁-tó-dʰeh₁-tó-“placed, set, established”Widely acceptedactionplacementSource of Latin factus, English fact, feat, defeat, thesisPast participle of the place root, yielding Latin factus and English fact, feat, thesis, synthesis.Related Rootsbheg-“to break, shatter”bʰelh₂-“to strike, fight in battle”bʰendʰ-₂“to bind, tie, fetter”bʰendʰ-mn̥“something bound, a binding”bʰer-“to carry, to bear”bʰer-mn̥-₂“something carried, a burden”bʰerh₃-“to bore, to pierce through”bʰerH-“to scrape, bore, perforate”related entrySee also: dheh1-to- variant