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
facadectomy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English façade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | façade | Alternative form of facade |
| 2 | French | façade | façade of a building |
| 3 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 4 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 5 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ectomy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ectomy | Any operation involving surgical excision or... |
| 2 | English | -ectomy | Excision of; Surgical removal of |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτομή | a cutting out; a segment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτέμνω | to cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |