Etymology

superficies

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Today it means: The area of a two-dimensional surface. Full definition →

Latin superficiēs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsuperficiēs“top, surface”
  2. English todaysuperficies

Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.