Where does “deface” come from?
Deface comes from Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier, combining the prefix des- with Old French facier, ultimately from Latin facio meaning "to make or do," derived from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
deface (English): To damage or vandalize something, especially a...
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- To damage or vandalize something, especially a...
Ancestry of “deface”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | defacen | — |
| 2 | Old French | defacier | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |