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Where does “effaceable” come from?

effaceable (English) comes from English efface, from Middle French effacer, from Old French esfacier, from Vulgar Latin *exfaciāre, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

effaceable (English): Capable of being effaced

Definitions

  1. Capable of being effaced

Ancestry of “effaceable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheffaceTo erase ; to render illegible or indiscernible;...
2Middle Frencheffacererase
3Old Frenchesfacierto remove; to delete
4Vulgar Latin*exfaciāre—
5Latinfaciēs—
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “effaceable”

  • ineffaceable
  • ineffaceably
  • uneffaceable
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