Where does “face” come from?

Face comes from Middle English face, from Old French face, from Latin facia, from Latin facies meaning "appearance" or "form," derived from Latin facio meaning "to make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to put" or "to place."

face (English): The front part of the head of a human or other...

Definitions

  1. The front part of the head of a human or other...

Ancestry of “face”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
2Old Frenchfaceface
3Late Latinfacia

Words derived from “face

Every word from Late Latin faciaEvery word from Old French faceEvery word from Middle English face