Etymology

suprafacial

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Today it means: Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment. Full definition →

English facial ← Medieval Latin faciālis ← Latin faciēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Proto-Italic*superos
  5. Proto-Italic*superād
  6. Old Latinsuprād
  7. Latinsuprā
  8. Latinsupra-
  9. Englishsupra-
  10. Latinfaciēs
  11. Medieval Latinfaciālis
  12. Englishfacial
  13. English todaysuprafacial

From supra- + facial.

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