Where does “facelift” come from?
Facelift comes from English face and lift, with face deriving from Middle English luft, Old Norse lypta, and Latin facia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewp-.
facelift (English): Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles,...
Definitions
- Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles,...
Ancestry of “facelift”, step by step
facelift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 2 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 3 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |