Where does “facet” come from?
Facet comes from French facette, diminutive of Old French face from Latin facia, itself from Latin facies meaning appearance or form, ultimately derived from Latin facio meaning to make or do.
facet (English): Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One...
Definitions
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One...
Ancestry of “facet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | facette | facet |
| 2 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 3 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |