Where does “façade” come from?
façade (English) comes from French façade, from Italian facciata, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
façade (English): Alternative form of facade
Definitions
- Alternative form of facade
Ancestry of “façade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | façade | façade |
| 2 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 3 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 4 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciēs | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |