Etymology

reface

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Today it means: To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer. Full definition →

English face ← Middle English face ← Old French face
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinfaciēs
  7. Late Latinfacia
  8. Old Frenchface
  9. Middle Englishface
  10. Englishface
  11. English todayreface

From re- + face.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.