Etymology

facies

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Latin faciēs ← Proto-Italic *fakjō ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
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facies · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  5. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  6. Latinfaciō
  7. Latinfaciēs
  8. English todayfacies

Borrowed from Latin faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”). Doublet of face.

facies · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots

Latinfaciēs all →

facefacade

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