Where does “facetlike” come from?
facetlike (English) comes from English facet, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
facetlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a facet
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a facet
Ancestry of “facetlike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | facet | Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One... |
| 2 | French | facette | facet |
| 3 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |