Where does “Facebook” come from?

Facebook derives from English face, ultimately from the same Germanic root meaning the front of the head or countenance.

Facebook (English): A personal web profile on the social-networking...

Definitions

  1. A personal web profile on the social-networking...

Ancestry of “Facebook”, step by step

Facebook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Book

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBookthe Bible
2Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
3Middle High Germanbuoch—
4Old High Germanbuohbook
5Proto-Germanicbōk—
6Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via English face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia—

Words derived from “Facebook”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →