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Where does “biofacies” come from?

biofacies (English) comes from English facies, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

biofacies (English): A body of rock with characteristic biological...

Definitions

  1. A body of rock with characteristic biological...

Ancestry of “biofacies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaciesAppearance; Facial features, like an expression...
2Latinfaciēs—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →