Where does “facadectomy” come from?
facadectomy (English) comes from English façade, from French façade, from Italian facciata, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
facadectomy (English): The retention of a building's facade for use in a...
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- The retention of a building's facade for use in a...
Ancestry of “facadectomy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | façade | Alternative form of facade |
| 2 | French | façade | façade |
| 3 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 4 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 5 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciēs | — |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |