The story
- Latin · borrowed fromfaucēs“the upper part of a throat”
- English todayfauces
Borrowing from Latin faucēs (“the upper part of a throat”).
Words from the same roots
Latinfaucēs all →
faucalfaucial
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fauces
Today it means: The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue. Full definition →
Latin faucēs