Where does “façadisme” come from?
façadisme (Dutch) comes from Dutch façade, from French façade, from Italian facciata, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
façadisme (Dutch): the practice in urbanism to renovate a building (especially one enjoying conservation protection) thoroughly inside, but leave the façade unaltered, so the view is preserved even if the function changes
Definitions
- the practice in urbanism to renovate a building (especially one enjoying conservation protection) thoroughly inside, but leave the façade unaltered, so the view is preserved even if the function changes
Ancestry of “façadisme”, step by step
façadisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch façade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | façade | façade; face |
| 2 | French | façade | façade of a building |
| 3 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 4 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 5 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Dutch isme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | isme | ism |
| 2 | Malay | -isme | ism |
| 3 | Dutch | -isme | -ism |
| 4 | Middle French | -isme | — |
| 5 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 6 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |