The story
- Old French · derived fromesfacier“remove the face”
- Middle French · derived fromeffacer“erase”
- English todayefface
From Middle French effacer (“erase”), from Old French esfacier (“remove the face”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
efface
Today it means: To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. Full definition →
Middle French effacer ← Old French esfacier